As progressive as I may consider myself, Lemmy has a tendency to go full Reddit communist. All bosses are greedy ass holes, all landlords should be ritually sacrificed, that kind of stuff.

Antiwork subreddits have collected a bunch of communities that want to be well paid for minimum effort work, no matter the profitability of the business, and be thanked for their service. Some people, especially those working for absolutely minimum wage in demanding environments, are exploited, but a lot of them just don’t like their job and have no interest in making something out of themselves that grants them better job opportunities. It’s exhausting, and it’s spreading across the internet.

Liberal use of block buttons and unfollowing certain communities helps, but there’s still a significant amount of over-the-top leftism that I have to ignore to enjoy the platform.

Some popular subreddits are very much the same, if not worse. On the other hand, the idealist (what I assume) kids are just annoying, where a lot of places that consider themselves “conservative” are outright dangerous.

Just look at this thread. “I consider myself to be conservative” can mean lots of things, but people jump at the opportunity to call OP a racist, sexist, nazi klansman who likes to kick puppies in their free time. No wonder people get sucked into the extremist hellholes if this is how they’re greeted elsewhere.