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edit: having a community dedicated to letists only can be a bad idea in that it can make sure your beliefs are not questioned. I have thought myself as a socialist and I have thought myself as a anarcho-capitalist, I don’t believe in either anymore. I think if radical views go unchecked they might cause problems. Although I am a capitalist now, being confronted by socialists has made me aware of capitalisms deep flaws. When I considered myself a communist (17 year old me) I thought opposing views really changed my mind. So that's the ideologically diversity I am talking about.

I love the outlook of lemmy, I think the design is decent and simplistic. But one thing I can't seem to get over is the fact that almost everyone here seem to think the same politically. Why do you guys think this is?? I know this is a community of leftists foss enthusiasts but I hope everyone here is aware that it is driving many people away from adapting it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Why should growth be a primary goal in a topic-specific instance?

Of course growth is necessary for suvival and slow growth (or strong growth with very strong moderation) is healthy for a community, and I personally am able to be civil and tolerant of even extremely divergent ideological beliefs, but why should this place compromise its stated, explicit values just because it's popular? I don't see it as an issue at hand if people like this thread creator feel uncomfortable on lemmy.ml, the issue is that they are not aware of other instances (or are just being petty about not being welcome in the largest ones and think the world needs to change for them; I'm not accusing but I do see it a lot).