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0 pointsedrxty5y ago0 comments

In a way this makes sense, the mega platforms have become a highly uniform slightly left leaning milquetoast walled city. That leaves being either a raging socialist (guilty) or a raging....bigot.

The far right isn't tolerated as they're dangerous to advertisers sensitivities. Meanwhile the far left individuals are mostly tolerated but they're also all very aware that if the far right were to disappear overnight, they'd be the next target.

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shakezula5y ago

I'm hesitant to even admit that far-left politics are more accepted; I've seen harsher rejection of socialist ideals than legitimate, objective fascism. But I agree with your general point - if the far right was gone overnight, the far left would be next up on the chopping block.

> highly uniform slightly left leaning milquetoast walled city.

This is absolutely true, though. It's become their immediate point of mockery for any right leaning people. They get to call us robots, NPCs, brittle snowflakes, etc... and the left doesn't have a good retort. :shrug:

It's frustrating, because I think that the left should chill out with the identity politics and at least start trying to focus on larger issues and really drive those points home - healthcare, income inequality, etc... those are issues that have overwhelming public support but are constantly able to be derailed by republican talking points because of the identity politics.

edrxtyOP5y ago

> I'm hesitant to even admit that far-left politics are more accepted

Yea, I should have been more specific, it depends heavily on the circles you run in.

> It's frustrating, because I think that the left should chill out with the identity politics

It seems to me like this is not uncommon. There's a lot of oneupmanship in politics where whoever is the most rigid and unyielding to complexity in their belief system is the most worshiped because people can't distinguish a rigid ideology from an internally consistent one. On the left this results in constant twitter mobs and on the right it results in capitol mobs.

That said, while it makes an easy target for the right to rally around, if that were to go away, the reality distortion field would just target the next-lowest hanging fruit.

shakezula5y ago

> the reality distortion field would just target the next-lowest hanging fruit.

social media in a nutshell, unfortunately.

> people can't distinguish a rigid ideology from an internally consistent one.

I think this is one of the things people like about Bernie, tbh. I think his consistent and reliable world view (and voting record to match) is why he's been so successful. It's just sad that he's not the standard.

It feels like even when we "win" (air quotes are doing a lot of work ehre) e.g. Joe Biden or something, the goal posts get pushed and somehow all of a sudden it was catching an L when Biden won?

The recurring theme in American politics, to me, is that the right falls in line and votes, the left eats their own. I keep seeing it right now and I'm worried we won't hold it together in 2022 or 2024.

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shakezula5y ago

> highly uniform slightly left leaning milquetoast walled city.

edrxtyOP5y ago

> I'm hesitant to even admit that far-left politics are more accepted

Yea, I should have been more specific, it depends heavily on the circles you run in.

> It's frustrating, because I think that the left should chill out with the identity politics

That said, while it makes an easy target for the right to rally around, if that were to go away, the reality distortion field would just target the next-lowest hanging fruit.

shakezula5y ago

> the reality distortion field would just target the next-lowest hanging fruit.

social media in a nutshell, unfortunately.

> people can't distinguish a rigid ideology from an internally consistent one.

It feels like even when we "win" (air quotes are doing a lot of work ehre) e.g. Joe Biden or something, the goal posts get pushed and somehow all of a sudden it was catching an L when Biden won?

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