Because most of the “leftists” flooding this platform are from troll farms. Russia and China are pushing hard on their troll farms to try to get Trump back by any means necessary. He makes America less stable and weaker.
Not nothing, and Lemmy is larger than most forums. But yeah, I think that what we see on here is almost entirely useful idiots buying into the talking points of such propaganda and troll farms, and then willingly spreading it of their own accord, rather than being actual paid actors themselves.
It feels fairly similar to 4chan’s transitional period, /r/conspiracy’s transitional period, and twitter’s transitional period. They’re absolutely being fed half-digested talking points from somewhere. It’s way too contrived not to notice. Which is to say, I agree entirely.
It's so much easier to establish a troll farm on Lemmy than on Reddit (which is flooded regardless), so it makes a great playground for psyop operations