• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    Not wanting people to die is a normal and sane idea.

    People are still who they are but the world we live in has for the last half century significantly shifted to state authotorian and fascist idealogy has flourished in our ego centric rewarding capitalist economy

    Political Left in the US aligns with center in Europe. Only adding to the evidence that political labels are arbitrary and subjective.

    Fascist attack normalcy and misinformation adds to confusion. You have to believe its us and them, you have to pick a side.

    Decent people stay true to what they are, causing the people who are fooled to listen to fascists to now label you a vilified left. You then have the option to confirm to your centrists peers or to stay true to your original ideals.

    Currently i am aligned with far left anarchism But i can perceive plenty of context and societal structures where my identical ideas could be perceived as conservative.

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      4 months ago

      I had a weird experience with this “have to pick a side” issue just a couple days ago on a different lemmy. According to the moderators there, not being willing to use violence against protestors was the same as defending them

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        4 months ago

        Pacifism being perceived as hostile by both sides of modern politics is a great summary for the state of things.

        Also a huge red flag for what may still come, we may not all realize it but very important parts of our collective history are being decided on today.

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        Yup. Not wanting to get into an argument about what defines a “real women” gets you banned from posting.

        Lemmy does not imply free speech.

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      4 months ago

      Political Left in the US aligns with center in Europe. Only adding to the evidence that political labels are arbitrary and subjective.

      Dutch right wing conservative parties are further left than the US left. Not all of them, obviously/unfortunately, but they’re there.