Recently over the past couple of months, I've seen political discussion on every single social media (yes, that includes Lemmy) become a bear fight full of propaganda. Twitter/X is becoming a racist hellhole with people hating Jews, Black people and Muslims for existing whilst Lemmy is quickly fostering extremism. There is no where on the Internet, except for small chat channels, that is normal. What do I mean by normal?
Every single place is an echo chamber. Those inside it will shout that the other place is one, but we all know it. Lies and propaganda are constantly being cycled on Lemmy and the other Fediverse, but nobody bats an eye because "we're better" and the other side is full of disgusting people. The same thing is happening in conservative spaces. I don't want to talk about "race wars" "black fatigue" or "Jew bioweapons" nor do I want to talk about mass murder of billionaires and complete social destruction. I just want all of you to be normal.
Tribalism has influenced all of these spaces. In the information age, we have become the dumbest and most extreme political speakers in history. We no longer value the truth of information, just the optics. We sour the airwaves with filth, bringing it into schools, universities and even political administrations. We have madmen destroying the biggest country on Earth whilst people here defend the indefensible.
There is no more love in politics. No more "agreeing to disagree", no more facts or intelligence. It's just pure, unfettered hate.
Lemmy's just the lesser of two evils. Whilst I post here a lot, let me be clear: this place is a shithole. Sure, you guys aren't as washed and feral as conservatives, but you guys are still washed and feral. You guys infect everything with misplaced social justice, constantly finding to ruin everything on the basis of your apparent prejudice. You can't wait to bring people down, and never the other way around.
There is no reason to talk about politics on the Internet anymore. Everyone is lying. Everyone has an agenda. Everyone is being a bad person.
I am so tired
The only thing special about Is Lemmy is it hasn't attracted the masses yet. People love to complain there is not enough people here, but coming from Reddit, Dig, Facebook, Myspace, etc I can say more people will just make this place worse.
There is plenty of love but also plenty of hate. There is a reason politics and religion discussion are banned in bars.
As always your take is garbage, but that is the result of GIGO. You are a product of what you see and interact with. You can't rise above the quagmire of shit we are all in, and that is the point. You are a product of what you are around and putting on the blinders does not help.
We are all stuck in this together, we can't exist without each other. People much greater than me have already laid all this out. Take a break, step back, and make some room to breathe. We are only here for a short time and the only thing that you can truly moderate is your life for brief moments.
The world is going to take you for a ride whether you like it or not. You will be influenced whether you like it or not. Your life will come crashing down through no fault of your own. Take what little control you have and run with it. Here is wishing a little bit of peace and happiness in your life, good luck and goodbye.
Do you live in a place where the bars ban politics and religion discussion?