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If you’re asking the rest of the world to just never discuss the thing that’s at the center of nearly all major world news, that is a hard ask.
I know it’s not pleasant, I get if you don’t like hearing about it, but there’s really not any way of getting away from it.
Reddit sucks because of the administration, not because users talked about politics.
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You know you can make your own instance with blackjack and hookers right? If you read the sidebar of this community, nothing being said here is problematic according to the community (and by extension, instance) owners.
Reddit’s a one stop shop, one point of failure, one set of guidelines. If you need a place that is devoid of politics, shitposters posting about the news, or people who make you feel uncomfortable for mentioning the headlines, I am certain there is an instance and community for you.
Probably not as populated tho.
Oh man, I love disassociating so much. I hate the real world. Why do I have to be constantly reminded of genocide, innocent people being sent to concentration camps, entire demographics losing their rights, or fascist white supremacists that would goon to the thought of my life being just a little harder?
Why is no one letting me disassociate in peace like I want. Don’t they understand that I’m the real victim here?
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The beauty of the fediverse is that no one platform should become omnipresent but that interconnection between platforms is possible. It’s a user-directed service. If Lemmy isn’t meeting your personal standards then there are other options.
Yes, Lemmy is quite political. If that doesn’t tickle your fancy, you’re more than welcome to try a different service. Lemmy’s purpose is not to become the next Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok in size - it’s to provide an alternative to them. Growth for growth’s sake isn’t usually a great idea.
Did you know that there are non-Americans on Lemmy? And that they maybe, just maybe, might want to focus on what is happening in their own countries?
On the flipside, how many of those people live in countries that would be unaffected by the outcome of US events?
This is just American exceptionalism. Let me reframe it, how many of those people would be unaffected by the outcome of Chinese events? Yet there are nowhere near as many posts about what is happening there.
But most of all, I think OCs complaint is valid. All it would have taken is text added to the post that just said “Trump” and this would have been filtered by their keyword blocklist (and mine), their freedom to disengage remaining intact. OP replied to mock them when they could have made that change. That is what frustrates me.
If think what is happening in the USA will be isolated to the USA, then good luck.
USD is the worlds reserve currency. What happens to it effects every country.
I know that every aspect of life is political now, and that makes some mad. But really ask yourself how your country will be affected by the devaluation of USD and its next financial crisis. Then ask what would your country use for international trade instead?
- Have you heard about USD?
- Do you know what is the world’s reserve currency?
- Have you seen how much it’s losing value?
- how was your country affected by the last financial crisis in the USA?
- how much US bonds/debt does your country own?
What is coming will affect everyone in who’s country is is in anyway economically affiliated with the US. This post was meant to be a wakeup call for people to do a risk assessment.
Honestly, I hope I’m wrong and what happens in the US can be totally isolated here. But realistically, I can’t think of a way that’s true.
And you being awful to someone who needs to disconnect from US politics is helping how exactly? This is all just the same American exceptionalism that’s existed on Lemmy (and Reddit before that) since the Obama era. You could literally just edit “trump” into your post and folks like myself and OC could choose how to regulate their feeds. I already get enough US politics from everywhere else that doesn’t have these keyword blocklist options.
I only really have a problem with it when it’s in a post like this where there’s no reference in text, so filters/blocks can’t pick it up. 196 seems to have this issue most frequently due to the way people write titles here.
The number of so-called “good side” USians responding to you without a clue that they are also infected with the ‘American exceptionalism’ brainworms is ridiculous. It’s as if these people genuinely believe that every English-speaking creature on the internet is USian despite it being the lingua franca. Meanwhile, I’d bet you any money they have no fluffing idea what is going on in my country in relation to the liberation of Indigenous Australians. All while I know all too much about what’s happening to PoC and trans people in theirs. But they will swamp you and attack you for ‘not caring’ anyway. As if looking at memes online is going to make a meaningful difference at all to what is happening just past their own doorsteps.
I like a bit of rage bait as much as the next person but if I can’t get a break from it without going completely offline then I will go completely offline (just for a bit).
I don’t disagree with these posts but without my own mental health I am useless to their cause.
Filtering & moderation is supposed to be lemmy’s advantage.I like politics because I’m a good person.
I like politics. I don’t like being blasted with US politics, despite my* inability to do anything about them, especially when they circumvent my* extensive word blocklist. I guess that makes me a bad person ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I don’t live in America, but I’ve been doing lots to help with US politics. I’ve been comforting my trans friends who live there, campaigning for refugee visas in my country, talking to Americans on the internet and asking them to vote Democrat in the midterms, and warming my local community up to the idea that we might have to fight against USA in world war 3.
I can do all that because I’m a kind, smart, determined, and creative person. You said you can’t do anything about US politics? That’s a shame.
There are important issues in my own country that I focus my spoons on, yet despite that I am working on getting a creature to my country on a refugee visa from the US. Which is far more meaningful than looking at memes on Lemmy.
What is a shame is that you do not care enough about your neighbours to meaningfully try and address issues at home. I would rather work in my community to encourage people to vote for the Greens or the Socialists than to convince USians to vote for a party that does not work for them.
you do not care enough about your neighbours to meaningfully try and address issues at home
It’s not a zero sum game. I don’t have to forsake my friends in America and become a national isolationist in order to make change here. Gods, you sound like Tony Abbott with the “my country first” rhetoric.
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I like video games with women in them. I like movies about rebellions. I like art that makes me think about society. I like science fiction that uses allegory to explore controversial issues. I like queer joy. I like books about feudal power struggles. I like Mass Effect. I like Mistborn. I like Aliens. I like Jurassic Park. I like Avatar, both of them.
You know what I don’t like?
Sports.
There’s no politics in sports.
It doesn’t matter if the Red Bears or the Blue Tigers win the Ball Cup this year. They’ll just play again next year. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t make me think. It’s not controversial. It’s not meaningful. It’s boring.
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I think you’re the one who’s playing the right wingers’ game on their rules by choosing to agree with them that politics is bad. I’ve transcended their bullshit by deciding politics is good actually. Now you’re trying to convince me to agree with the right wingers that politics is bad so I can argue that Game of Thrones and Arcane don’t have any politics in them. That feels like losing to me. Why do I have to agree with fascists so I can disagree with them?
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EVERYTHING is political.
trump’s neck vagina is terrifying.
No. I refuse to reopen the pic to confirm.
come on donnie! Why being so coy? give us a 500% tariff on all Chinese goods! Lets see how low can the line go!
