There’s clearly a lean to the left side of things in Lemmy instances, with many people attacking people at the right.

In some cases regarding the climate crisis, there’s people blaming it on capitalism while hinting that communism/socialism are the solution to the climate crisis, because somehow having the state controlling the entire economy will lead to stop CO2 emissions.

A bit from the article:

The best way to protect the environment is to get rich. That way, there is enough money not only to meet the needs of ordinary people, but also to pay for cleaner power plants and better water-treatment facilities. Since capitalism is the best way to create wealth, humanity should stick with it.

Not the first time I’ve heard about this concept, and the more i look into the world the more I agree with it. Being green is kind of a luxury that not many people can afford, and the poorer people are the less they can afford green technology.

  • pjhenry1216@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    You just mentioned some of the most socialist countries. The welfare state is literally a form of socialism.

    That an entire political party has been deluded into thinking other people in their own class are the enemy and are the reason they’re poor and not simply the wealthy being the reason, is the problem with the US. Democratic Party isn’t the answer, but they’re not as much of the cause as the GOP, which has simply co-opted hate into their repertoire as well. The problem in the US, is there’s a very vocal hateful minority that care about voting more than the apathetic, silent majority.