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  • The amount of tankies and idiots with idiotic opinions is way to high on here. And in general I realy get what they are saying. Other platforms with a bigger user base don’t have that big of a problem with diversity. It bothered me too, it seems like the whole of lemmy has a very idiotic position on a lot of things and saying anything that is even in the slightest against that gets you down voted. That is something that sadly developed over time. In the early days everyone was way more friendly and less radical people were on here.

    that’s just the nature of smart creative people

    Well. No. Say that to yourself, but ideology and belive is a lot more complex than: I am smart, so I am left. Your believes mostly stem from influences in your childhood, like parents, friends, people you trust. It’s dangerous to lift yourself above others with different believes.

    Like if you’re really wanting to be challenged, and you’re a conservative, go to https://socialistworker.org/ and read up.

    The problem is that a socialist worker doesn’t realy have a place to go to challenge their own opinion. Lemmy sadly has gone the way of an eco chamber. And for political discourse you need other people that have an opinion like yours that support you in your arguments. Currently it’s more like “this guy has a bad opinion, downvote him to hell”

    It’s not enough for me to leave, because in general I realy like it here and with enough comunitys blocked it has become bearable.






  • So you say because bisicles are not perfect we should just don’t give a shit?

    The still produce way less tire pollution than cars.

    1. You only have two tires instead of 4.
    2. A bike has the fraction of the weight of a car.
    3. The tires are relatively thin and small, while car tires are just monsters. Especially those of electric vehicles.

    So accusing that guy of double standards is just wrong. The problems bikes have are negligle, compared of a lot of things we use on a daily basis. And btw the tire pollution isn’t the worst part of an ev, by far. The production of the battery alone produces more co2, uses more resources and produces more waste (especially a lot of chemical waste), than 10 bikes produce during their whole livespann.