• imvii@lemmy.ca
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    7 minutes ago

    I’m Canadian. I support social programs and humanist programs. I support regulation of business so they don’t abuse their positions of power over people and to curb their habit of doing bad things in the name of more profit. I’m for taxing those with hordes of cash and giving the struggling worker a break. I support people to have the freedom to be who they want to be (gay, straight, trans, etc) as long as they aren’t hurting other people (IE pedos don’t get to harm children because they “were born that way” or god said it was cool). I support protecting the land, water and animals. I think Trump is a cunt.

    I’m probably pretty left-wing.

  • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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    46 minutes ago

    The actual left wing, the something socialists something are partly on hexbear.org and lemmygrad.ml. And they are called tankies and blocked on lemmy.world. So how left wing can most people here be? The thing is that “left” has become synonymous with (neo)liberal values. Like there doesn’t have to be a free, independent press or social media and them being owned by capitalists is just fine.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    I’m a Marxist-Leninist, so yes. I think you’ll find most people on Lemmy in general fall into the major categories of “Liberal,” as in the US Democrat style, Anarchists, and Marxists. Different instances lean in different directions on this, with overall few outright conservatives.

  • moakley@lemmy.world
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    45 minutes ago

    Last time I took the political compass test, I was center-right, firmly in the libertarian quadrant, exactly in the sub-section labeled “libertarian”.

    That means my political stances align 100% against the Republican party and authoritarianism in general.

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    1 hour ago

    I’m in the lower left quadrant of the political compass. Does this automatically make me left-wing on the one-dimensional left/right spectrum too, or is there some online test I can do to find out where I am? Don’t really understand the left/right thing since I grew up with the compass system.

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      I think it’s generally useful to abandon the notions of the Political Compass. Rather than relying on online tests, ask yourself if you think public ownership should be the principle aspect of the economy, or private ownership, and that will tell you if you’re more left-wing or right-wing.

  • MoonlightFox@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I believe all life have value, no matter what.

    I believe in justice and equality.

    I believe in the rule if law.

    I believe in democracy.

    I believe in the freedom of speech.

    I believe in religious freedom.

    I believe no one should go hungry.

    I believe no one should freeze.

    I believe no one should die from preventable diseases.

    I believe everyone has a right to education.

    I believe everyone has a right to healthcare.

    I believe everyone has a right to participate in society and the internet.

    I believe everyone should contribute if they can, because that is fair.

    I believe people should be able to retire.

    I believe most people are good, and want to do good.

    I believe in cooperation, and working towards a common goal.

    I believe that all people should have a minimum set of rights, that are non-negotiable.

    I trust my neighbours, my family and strangers.

    Based on these values I could be placed anywhere from center-right to far-left in Europe.

    In the US I am a filthy commie

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    14 hours ago

    I’m Independent, but cannot support Republicans anymore … so I guess I’m a Democrat that hates gun control.

  • bfg9k@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Yes, this site is very left-leaning. I have seem plenty of moderate opinions downvoted because they are centrist or centre-right, and the anti-Trump, anti-Elon and anti-USA sentiment is deservedly heavy right now.

    Keep that in mind when reading comments, this place is a bit of an echo chamber at the moment.

  • emberinmoss@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    I’ve been on Lemmy for about two months and there is a good amount of left-leaning folks here. I definitely consider myself in the left-wing category. I hover somewhere between a bit liberal, a bit socialist, and a bit of a commie, but absolutely no authoritarianism.

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      7 hours ago

      Funny you had to put a disclaimer for authoritarianism. The world’s history and propaganda have made it synonymous with the far left, where that ideology was never about absolute power, but quite the opposite.