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Even then, how many people actually left their Twitter accounts?

I can't tell how many times I've seen people say "I'm leaving Twitter" only to come back after a month

That's the normal stance on Lemmy.

It was founded by communists, so you'd better get used to it

There are a lot of artists on pixelfed, but lack of an algorithm makes finding them very difficult

He definitely has. A few years ago, San Salvador was known as the murder capital of the world, but nowadays it's one of the safest places to live.

Lack of an algorithm makes finding new content much more difficult. And most people don't want to spend time actively looking for stuff, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes and look at pieces of art.

Also go forbid you have any criticism towards Linux.

I mean, if Europe cannot guarantee the peace and stability of their allies or themselves, why should other countries trust them over China for example?

There's still a lot of beef with Europe in both Latin America and Africa. Even if you ignore colonialism, Europe's cold war era track record in those areas is... Not good to say the least.

What's the guarantee that Europe will actually bring peace and stability and not just install far-right dictators when it's convenient for them?

"Tankies"

The irony with this is that Lemmy was founded by communists and it follows a lot of communist principles.

The real reason is that German unification was done poorly and it benefited West Germany in a very disproportionate manner.

Most people and jobs migrated to west Germany and East Germany was left to rot.

Couple that with the fact that communism/socialism became a big taboo in Europe and capitalism's faults were completely ignored, even when it was visibly failing.

When you ban and stigmatize the left so much, people will turn to the only side that actually acknowledges something is wrong, and in this case, only the far right has done so.

People expect to pay a carpenter or a plumber for their services, why shouldn't entertainers and content creators be allowed to get paid for their work?

It is kinda bad. Especially when it comes to finding content or getting noticed