I’m just curious for the new or existing people? Lemmy.ml has taken a hard turn to the right since the reddit exodus. There’s been a lot of pro-imperialist propaganda being posted on world news, and a lot less diversity of opinion. It feels more neoliberal and neo-con to me.
Does anyone want to share what their political leanings are?
I’ll start; I’m anti-imperialist pro-state regulated capitalism. I believe we should have usage based taxes (toll roads, carbon tax) and luxury taxes, and I disagree with wealth taxes for people with less than $250 million. The state should spend more money on consumer protection in all industries (environment, health, finance, etc.) I believe in multipolarity vs. US hegemony.
I’m a communist and a Marxist of the Marx variety. I like to read Marx and I think he’s pretty much right. I’ve read a few of Lenin’s books as well and while I definitely disagree with him on some important points, he’s overall not awful. Definitely not a Stalin fan though, it feels like where Lenin interprets Marx’s work differently from me in some places, Stalin just absolutely butchers it. Some on the left might call me a leftcom or an “ultra” but I don’t really agree with that (especially since I haven’t read any leftcom theorists).