I’m just curious for the new or existing people? Lemmy.ml has taken a hard turn to the right since the reddit exodus. There’s been a lot of pro-imperialist propaganda being posted on world news, and a lot less diversity of opinion. It feels more neoliberal and neo-con to me.

Does anyone want to share what their political leanings are?

I’ll start; I’m anti-imperialist pro-state regulated capitalism. I believe we should have usage based taxes (toll roads, carbon tax) and luxury taxes, and I disagree with wealth taxes for people with less than $250 million. The state should spend more money on consumer protection in all industries (environment, health, finance, etc.) I believe in multipolarity vs. US hegemony.

  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    I have no idea what box I fit into.

    • I am generally anti-capitalism. The current system does not benefit human. We are constantly exploited in the name of profits
    • vital industries and services need to be nationalized. Capitalism is a race to the bottom when it comes to providing the bare minumum, cutting corners etc.
    • people should be free to do what they please as long as it doesn’t hurt other people. To this end, I am pro-inclusion of all walks of life, except for bigots.
    • we are rapidly running out of time to prevent an ecological apocalypse. Everything must be done to avoid it
    • onlooker@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I’m with Track_Shovel on this. No particular political orientation, but I agree on all the issues listed.

    • tikiti@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      we are rapidly running out of time to prevent an ecological apocalypse. Everything must be done to avoid it

      I think we more or less are either too late to stop it or are unable to stop it. I think we should instead be focused on planning mitigations for the future. I expect at some point in the next century or two there will be large migrations of people from the equator going to the north (places like Russia or Canada).

      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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        1 year ago

        Both will be necessary but it’s worth noting that the more we’ve emitted, the more damaging each additional unit of emissions becomes. So arguably it’s even more important to focus on emissions reductions because it’s too late to completely stop warming at this point. Even a small reduction in emissions may have cause a meaningful reduction in human suffering.