I noticed this for quite some time now: Regular discussions or simple questions just like in the last post about the difference of anarchism over libertarianism get downvoted hard but nobody gives a damn about providing some info or just explaining their point of view. I understand that people may use downvotes to show their disagreement but why don’t they specify their opinion with just one simple sentence?

  • nomadjoanne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Lemmy seems incredibly left wing overall. That could be a big part of it. I get downvoted quite a lot if I imply that being against the currently in vogue left-wing policy does not make one a fascist. 🙄

    • DangerMouse@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think it’s simply “left wing” being the problem any more, at least not the classical left. I’m generally left-leaning libertarian yet over the past few years (particularly since 2020) I’ve been called far-right, far-left, and every “-ist” and “-ism” in between, by people in various places. I think people in general have become “woke”, childish, and tribal – incapable of comprehending a point of view other than what is fed to them. One could see the mass downvoting without discourse as a minor form of “cancel culture”. These things are reflected in the general state of politics at large in many countries, also contributing to their decay.

    • Kalcifer@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      While I do agree that Lemmy, on the whole, appears rather “left-wing”, by the morern usage of the term – or perhaps there are simply just some small, but very active, left-wing groups – I don’t think that that is a perfect reason, as libertarianism isn’t inherently non-left (although, it does entirely depend on how one is defining left, and right wing); libertarianism is simply the antithesis of authoritarianism (more accurately speaking, anarchism would be the true antithesis of authoritarianism, but, for the purpose of this comment, libertarianism should suffice).

      All this being said, I do agree that I have seen that the public has some weird notion that libertarianism is some “alt-right”, or “right-wing” philosophy; however, this makes little sense to me. What could possibly be so unpalatable about equal liberty for all? Who would want to willingly be oppressed?