this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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[–] N00b22@lemmy.ml 88 points 11 months ago (5 children)

My opinion:

I think this community should ban political memes, and instead have another community for only political memes. I'm from Costa Rica and I don't care about the USA politics or stuff

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 46 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am also from the 97 fuckin percent of every human on the planet that couldn't give a shit about US politics

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

US politics affect the rest of humans on the planet so I'd probably say it's worth paying attention to. But I do like the idea of a separate political memes community so that the people have a choice.

[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Right? It’s such a US way of thinking to assume the entire world needs to hear about your issues.

[–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org -4 points 11 months ago

If an American said this about any of the international news we see, I'm sure it would get a ton of upvotes

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You don't really get that by banning a topic, but rather by fostering a culture where that sort of thing is frowned upon.

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

And you can foster it with rules and moderation.

[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But but... landlord bad? capitalism also bad??

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Political Memes" is extremely vague. I opened the community, and this was the 3rd meme that came up. Just to show you that it doesn't take much to find an example that really blurs the line of what would be a political meme and what isn't.

[–] Twelve20two 2 points 11 months ago

As a representative of slrpnk.net, yeah, it's a fair bit political