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Idk, doesn't matter where I go, be it Political Memes, Politics, Elon Musk Spam, etc, it seems everyone hates on capitalism all together-

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[-] TheYojimbo@lemmy.world 78 points 9 months ago

Because capitalism is burning the earth down for profit and if nothing is done we're all dead soon ?

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[-] variants@possumpat.io 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Most people dislike that everything is being dragged down for profit margins instead of taking care of humanity

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

Because a majority of people are left sided. There's a reason Trump hasn't been able to win a popular vote, he's not actually that popular. He might seem it in uneducated redneck towns, but it takes about 100 of those towns to match the population of a decent city, which typically votes left.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

Capitalism and the right is literally against humanity for the benefit of the very few. Youโ€™ll wake up eventually

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

we can hope that enough of them will wake up eventually, before it's too late.

otherwise a lot of people aren't going to wake up at all, I'm any sense, ever again.

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[-] bloopernova@programming.dev 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"Reality has a well-known liberal bias" Steven Colbert

[-] AngryHumanoid@reddthat.com 6 points 9 months ago

Close: "Reality has a well-known liberal bias."

[-] 520@kbin.social 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Because a lot of tech culture is based upon the idea of sharing things with people, of enabling others, of bringing down barriers, of helping other people reach their potential. This is why open source communities are so prevalent, and even commercial tech offerings are sold to us with these ideals.

And all that is antithetical to many right wing policies, which are often about creating barriers and unneccessary limitations. Like DeSantis's Don't Say Gay laws. Or the defunding of community services like educational institutes. Or placing barriers on voting.

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

Also the Nazis already have X: The Everything Appโ„ข they don't need this

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

Because capitalism is the problem, not the solution.

[-] Mister_Rogers@kbin.social 21 points 9 months ago

To try to give you a genuine answer, perhaps because 1) Lemmy is a left leaning environment generally, 2) if you're American, because the majority of the western and 1st world countries are dramatically more left leaning than the US (I live in Canada, and your democrats are more right wing than our main right wing political party)

[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I live in Canada, and your democrats are more right wing than our main right wing political party

The same is true when comparing these 'democrats' to the main right wing political parties of any European country.

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

here in NZ, our last right-wing leader laughed aloud when asked if he was religious, on national tv, and said no.

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

We just witnessed the hottest summer on record. This corroborates what scientists have said for decades, that emissions are bringing about ecological collapse. For those of us who possess a moral compass, this means we need people in leadership who are serious about saving the planet.

What are YOU doing to help, with your one vote?

If you vote right-wing, the simplest explanation is that you're not forward-thinking enough to grasp the impending danger.

Do better, please. There are plenty of information sources out there.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Very well stated ๐Ÿ‘ My version would be a little simpler though...

"Hey, let's throw more money at the planet, see if it cares..."

Money means squat if we're not doing the right things for the wet blue marble we live on.

[-] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 9 months ago
[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

if only it was (common)...

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The Internet has been dominated by ND, queer and trans folk since as far as I can remember; and the right tends to want us to not exist. So... Fuck them. ๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿ–•

I stand with the side that doesn't think I'm an abomination because I love men as well as women.

[-] EternalNicodemus@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Sometimes I forgor american right wing is so batshit insane ๐Ÿ’€

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

older, wealthy, not so terminally online people are overrepresented amongst the political right. young people, who are typically less wealthy, and who identify more with things that have only recently become more socially acceptable, such as alternate sexuality or gender, are typically less served by the political right, and since they have a much larger online presence, the views they hold are much more accepted and voiced in most online spaces.

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Honest answer the right doesn't seem to have any good positions now. They are against fighting climate change, against tolerance, anti-science, and they speak of fiscal responsibility but instead of tax and spend they just spend. They are way too much into mindless defiance and dirty politics. And they are the most hypocritical "do as I say, not as I do" party IMO.

[-] EternalNicodemus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks, you are civilized, different from the others, also, yeah, I know that the US right wing is batshit insane, but yeah, I don't agree in capitalism = bad, I like the way it works, but we should actually focus on decreasing inequality and give opportunity to everyone

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

I didn't mention capitalism but meant to, I think capitalism itself is great but like so many other things it needs limits. Huge mega corporations have a lot of disadvantages for the environment, competitors, customer service, and consumer choice.

[-] EternalNicodemus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Big brain ngl

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 9 points 9 months ago

Because the type of people satisfied with the status quo are not, in general, the kind of people who are early adopters of anything new.

[-] AchillesUltimate@lemy.lol 8 points 9 months ago

It's possible that Lemmy in general is leftist because the people who came here wanted faster and more effective moderation against hate speech whereas more right wing people didn't have a particularly strong need or desire for moderation.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

I guess you never saw the amount of bans r/conservative issued to keep their hate train echo chamber rolling

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

The left wants to be free from the right. The right needs toe left to troll. right wingers hate being around themselves and no one else

[-] Kierunkowy74@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

(...)because the people who came here wanted faster and more effective moderation against hate speech

Interesting, as Lemmy (especially lemmy.ml) was created actually for the opposite reason - less "censorship" (of developers' Communist, "Marxist-Leninist" views). That's how e.g. mod logs came up. And Beehaw (one of Lemmy instances) has complained about lack of moderation instruments.
And the migration from Reddit was unlike that from Twitter. Spez ruined Reddit for anyone, Musk more for left wing and minorities.
Rightwingers more likely to return to current Reddit? I am seeing no clue to this.

[-] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 7 points 9 months ago

The anti-capitalism sentiment is interesting. While the issues with it are obvious to everyone, the solution is not. Atleast not to me. If you just end capitalism, it's going to be miserable for everyone. You need to replace it with something better. People however don't seem to think it this far, or if they do, then for some reason they don't want to discuss that, and get angry for even asking. Just having a vague idea is not good enough. This isn't the kind of stuff you figure out on the go.

Even now, I'll probably just get downvoted and labeled a right wing capitalist, because that's easier than answering the actual question.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's strange to me that Capitalism, as described by Adam Smith (but labelled such by Marx), is supposed to serve the common good, and included gov't intervention in markets. I'm OK with that idea. I lean way more left of that, but if Capitalists here and elsewhere didn't bend over to defend gross wealth inequality, cry about helping society as a whole, and actually studied differences in economic theories and practice I wouldn't think most of them are assholes.

[-] EternalNicodemus@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Based as well :)

[-] EternalNicodemus@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You got two Niko points! 1: I agree with you! 2: You are acting civilized, different from most of our brothers :D

[-] downpunxx@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

As it turns out Secular Egalitarian Representative Democracy itself has a Liberal bias, I mean it's written right there in all the Constitutions across all the countries who practice it, who woulda thunk it, right?

[-] Jourei@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

I feel like the right is so damn far to the right, that everyone else appears to be on the left.

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[-] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

Look if it was true capitalism what these billionaires talk about , I will support it. But these corporations buy their competition and do unethical moves to get ahead and create a monopoly so they can charge you more. That its not the spirit of competition and free market. Me as a consumer look for my benefit and my benefit is when companies innovate , improve and work to have a great customer service so they consumer is better because of the free market and competition.

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