• Aa!@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Not everyone. But it’s definitely very overrepresented here, including some large communities of extremists that I don’t typically see elsewhere.

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      5 months ago

      Overrepresented may not be correct, the majority of the english speaking world is far to the left of the US. Even the US population is like 60-70% left leaning, it’s just that the left has lower voter participation rates.

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        5 months ago

        Even the US population is like 60-70% left leaning, it’s just that the left has lower voter participation rates.

        Left leaning vs leftist is a much higher bar and I’d wager under 20% of the US (voting) population is leftist. That’s just based on my memory of how few leftist representatives we have in congress… Far from an exact science.

        I am definitely a liberal, but I’m by no means a leftist.

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        5 months ago

        Left leaning Americans are still on the right compared to most countries.