I've pointed a couple folks to Lemmy.world and it's uhhh, pretty hard Left for them (as one girl, who volunteered for the Democrats said "I just got yelled at because I can't be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.") We're much farther Left than reddit which itself was definitely Left of centre...

I don't know if decentralized open source social media actually attracts many mainstreamers but assuming we want to grow the fediverse, I'd like to have somewhere I can point people to without feeling very nervous for them.

Thanks!

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[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I distinctly remember liberal messages rising to the top on Reddit, stuff like that you should just accept that you have to go out and work for a living. That's not left!

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

10s of millions of "left wing" (read, the entire spectrum from center to marx) folks believe that, for better or worse.

That opinion is entirely valid as "left wing" but certainly isn't very left, on an absolute scale.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree. Having some kind of grievance with capitalism an sich is central to being leftwing.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

If left-wing covers all concepts left of center, and many mild left policy still incorporates capitalism, then it can't be reduced that strictly. I could agree that progressive or far left policy isn't compatible with capitalism

Edit either way, we disagree on semantics. It's off topic for the original question now (I'm not sticking that on you, I contributed to this semantic rabbit hole)

To circle it back, I think there's a way to invite "normies", maintain left leaning (even very left leaning) positions, and not compromise the platform.

Edit edit and I think that's possible without purity testing or shotgunning people with theory