I can’t say I’ve been using Lemmy for long, but from the get-go it seems that the communities, memes, opinions that get upvoted seem to reflect left-wing ideas.

I’m certainly not complaining, it honestly feels like a breathe of fresh air compared to other social media sites that seem to shift further and further to the far right, though I am curious to hear why this might be the case? Does FOSS tend to attract more left-wing minded people, or does this just happen to be a broadly left-wing microcosm/bubble?

Hope you all have a great day.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Educated people are more likely to ‘lean left’

    I would qualify that as “Educated people with a conscience and a good ethical or moral base”.

    There are plenty of very smart, very evil right wingers out there.

    • bean@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Mitch McConnell, Manchin, Shkrelli, Ben Shapiro… I suppose you have a point.