Hi! In thinking about how to help the fediverse grow, I wonder if there are more mainstream Lemmy instances?

I’ve pointed a couple folks to Lemmy.world and it’s uhhh, pretty hard Left for them (as one girl, who volunteered for the Democrats said “I just got yelled at because I can’t be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.”) We’re much farther Left than reddit which itself was definitely Left of centre…

I don’t know if decentralized open source social media actually attracts many mainstreamers but assuming we want to grow the fediverse, I’d like to have somewhere I can point people to without feeling very nervous for them.

Thanks!

  • 299792458ms@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    8 days ago

    You are going to get critized whatever your political stance, even if you a a centrist who wants to unite people for the common good. Just recently saw a post comic post mocking centrism. Having a civil discussion on heated topic like politics is almost impossible now. My take is to avoid criticism if it is not contructive, otherwise its just becomes a fight.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
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      8 days ago

      People bash centrism because centrism has allowed ever increasing wealth inequality that’s creating the material conditions for the fascism we see descending around us. Centrism is unsustainable. Many of us have realized how the process works and why the downward spiral can only be reversed by moving away from centrism. I’m not here to argue or discuss so please don’t reply defending it, it’ll be waste of time. 🥹 I’m explaining why you see centrism bashing comics.