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Probably not because us in the left are generally non conformist. We don't just go with the flow because we're expected or follow party lines... I'm not a Bide

Probably not because us in the left are generally non conformist. We don't just go with the flow because we're expected or follow party lines... I'm not a Biden fan but even if Bernie had an allegation against him I'd say let's hear it and get the truth. Truth matters, facts matter, and nobody should be above the law or the TOS as it may be for a private company. Though, if they stray too far one way politically they risk finding it hard to find developers and having their apps slapped by Google and Apple or even cloudflare, or a mass Exodus of members to a new platform. Personally I think some hybrid of Twitter and TikTok will hit soon that'll basically end fb, and twitters dominance.... Reddit will be fine though. But something better for short form content in video, audio, and text formats.

Ancapistani 4y ago
> us in the left are generally non conformist That was true in the distant past, but in the past decade or two it seems to be changing from my perspective. For context, my perspective is that of an extreme libertarian who was raised and lives in a very "red" state. The major political parties offer a fair example of this - the GOP had the "Never Trumpers" who consistently and publicly opposed the party's presidential nominee (and later, the party's President). There are often right-wing "spoiler" candidates that run alongside Republicans and dilute the vote. On the other hand, I don't recall the last time there was a popular left-wing "spoiler" in a race. Democrats are very good at uniting behind a single candidate and getting a subset of their agenda pushed through. Republicans seem to infight the entire time, even when they have power.
- Shared404 4y ago
  Dem's do not equal left unfortunately. Dems are good at uniting, but (as a lefty myself) we are just as bad as republican's as far as infighting goes. E: Usually we are pretty good at skipping spoiler candidates though, there is that.

Ancapistani 4y ago

> us in the left are generally non conformist That was true in the distant past, but in the past decade or two it seems to be changing from my perspective. For context, my perspective is that of an extreme libertarian who was raised and lives in a very "red" state. The major political parties offer a fair example of this - the GOP had the "Never Trumpers" who consistently and publicly opposed the party's presidential nominee (and later, the party's President). There are often right-wing "spoiler" candidates that run alongside Republicans and dilute the vote. On the other hand, I don't recall the last time there was a popular left-wing "spoiler" in a race. Democrats are very good at uniting behind a single candidate and getting a subset of their agenda pushed through. Republicans seem to infight the entire time, even when they have power.

Shared404 4y ago
Dem's do not equal left unfortunately. Dems are good at uniting, but (as a lefty myself) we are just as bad as republican's as far as infighting goes. E: Usually we are pretty good at skipping spoiler candidates though, there is that.