Because the sole nature of Lemmy is political. The whole reason it exists is political. People want to move away from tech oligarchs and take control of their own spaces, of their data. Rotting on Reddit while all your data is being harvested and your interactions get turned into shareholder value is very convenient. Being on Lemmy is inconvenient (although it has become less so over the last year). So if you're willing to ditch a very convenient platform because of your beliefs, and move to a platform that aligns more closely with said beliefs, then it's fairly obvious why said platform is so political in nature.
Good meme!
Answer you probably weren't looking for:
Because while you might not be political, the Nazis are. They're political enough for both of you, actually, and they prefer it that way.
everyone here is a leftist nerd, and the united states is at risk of falling under right-wing fascism.
Being against genocide isn't a "political position." It's called "being a decent human being" and you should be against it, no matter who is doing it to who.
Pointing out that Trump is the dumbest, cruelest president that has ever lived isn't a "political position. " It's called "using your fucking eyes and paying attention to what he's doing."
I could go on and on about "things that are more obvious than a sunrise being labeled 'political positions'" but those 2 things could keep us busy for years.
Lemmy has always been this way AFAIK, but let's be honest if there was ever a time that people need to be be aware of politics it's now.
The truth is the for a lot of us being here in the first place was a political stance.
dude, a lot of us have been banned from reddit for being overtly leftist. its a major reason lemmy even exists.
Reminding that "...there are currently no major left-wing political parties in the country." you Americans have far right or right wing parties, haha losers
Because politics impacts your life and everyone around you
Life is political, get involved or get out of the way.
Preach, my friend. It is actually the main reason I'm considering deleting my profile because part of the reason I left mainstream social media was to get away from politics and ideological lunatics, but this platform is fucking full of both. Even after filtering out as much of it as possible. Its like a cancer, spreading to every forum page on here.
Is there anywhere on the internet where people are just focusing on hobbies and interests that aren't mired in hatred and aggression?
Always hated the subtitles of Jeremy's line here. It's all it italics except the word "like". Suggesting either every word has emphasis except that one word, which is nonsense. Or that the emphasis is on "like", which doesn't work either in this context. Plus I remember this episode, and I'm pretty sure he put emphasis on "I" and "this"…
if you look at lemmy,ml, grad, and hexbear yea its super political. and then you have .world politics too.
Goddamnit. I'm gonna get sooo many reports from this post.
The worst part for me? Fuckin beans.
A real human bean
why do you think some things are political and others aren't? it's all politics babe, you're just mad you had to think about certain things. this ain't a safe space for whiney "aPoLiTiCaL" manchildren, that's back on reddit.
