as a person that came from the 3rd world country and new in fediverse environment, i genuinely would like to know about this.
edit: thanks for the replies! sorry, i literally donβt know the reason since iβm not a western lol. twitter/x is too biased especially when musk openly supports trump so i came here and seeing fediverse is mostly are harris or biden (when heβs still up for the candidate) supporters. donβt know about reddit tho, i only use reddit as a forum for linux and programming stuff.
Yeah, I think weβre on the same page. The Biden administration did good, but weβd come to a depressingly low point in politics.
Iβm encouraged that more conservatives are feeling itβs safe to pop their heads out and criticize Trump, and the radical right whoβve been able to hijack the party thanks largely to party policies started during Ronald Fucking Reganβs administration. But if they do it on Lemmy, theyβre assumed to be liberals which may increase the perception of there being few conservatives on Lemmy.
Lemmy is still more generally politically Left than American Left, which is, after all, pretty centrist compared to western Europe. This feeds even more into OPβs question about why there arenβt more conservatives on Lemmy: if you look at Lemmy as a European, the pro- Trumpers are neo-Nazis, not conservatives; the center is so far right, anything more right is essentially legally banned in Germany.
Thats a pretty sophisticated bit of analysis, particularly for Lemmy.
I still find it amazing that the vote will be as close as it undoubtedly will become. I mean, Trump is not only for himself, but he is also plainly destructive. Heβs now touting the low-information βJoe Rogan voteβ. Young white guys who havenβt been following anything.