• OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Anyone else get discouraged by all the anti-capitalist rhetoric on Lemmy? https://lemmy.world/post/7989808
    It’s like they’re saying “It’s not possible to become a millionaire, so no point trying. It’s best to just hate on people who have money.”

    I get the feeling that a channel like /c/landlord or /c/dividendinvesting would never take off on Lemmy.

    disclaimer: not a millionaire(yet)

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      1 year ago

      Lemmy’s roots are far left of Reddit. The Reddit fiascos brought some less fringe populations into the mix, myself included, but it’s still a weird platform politically to discuss accumulating large amounts of money. I’ve honestly been a bit surprised that tankies haven’t jumped in to harass this community. Probably we’re just too small and inactive to be on peoples radar.

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        1 year ago

        Sadly, Lemmy is a very polarized place. I will say people are pretty good at keeping their comments in appropriate communities, or the mods are doing a great job of policing it.

        Trust me, I know about small and inactive. I moderate the Chip Stocks channel and that place is about as unpopular as you’d expect it to be, lol. Maybe one day we’ll attract more of a following here.

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          Fingers crossed, I’ve been hanging out and trying to at least speak up in the weeklies since July or so, but I don’t think this entire community’s history matches a slow daily in the r/FI community in terms of engagement. Still haven’t gone back to Reddit, though.