I’m new as in this is my first day using lemmy. I don’t know anything about lemmy etiquette and don’t want to do anything bad

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  • sunbeam60@feddit.uk
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    21 hours ago

    I’m a pleasant human but find myself often downvoted for what I consider an average social democratic view; taking the viewpoint that, in my country, cops are generally trustworthy, the market works when regulated by a well functioning democracy and it’s ok to be wealthy, but expect to be properly taxed.

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      12 hours ago

      You really need to stop saying “average” when you mean “well off, white, westerner”.

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      20 hours ago

      cops are generally trustworthy

      Oh man, you must not deal with cops a lot.

      the market works when regulated by a well functioning democracy

      I see you believe in fairytales

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        18 hours ago

        Or I live in a country with better cops than you?

        In terms of delivering the highest proven outcomes for the broadest amount of people I’ve not seen evidence that anything beats a well regulated market. If new evidence is presented I shall gladly revise my opinion.

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          16 hours ago

          Or I live in a country with better cops than you?

          Not sure the country you are referring to exists. Maybe Japan?

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              5 hours ago

              They said theyre trustworthy, which in my experience would generally be true in Japan. You probably wont get shot in the head for your skin color, which may not seem like much but we are living in strange times.

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      20 hours ago

      those views are considered heinous on many lemmy instances, that’s why.

      the lemmy hivemind is largely socialist/communist, or at least anti capitalist. it’s also intolerate of anyone with moderate or conservative viewpoints on social and/or economic issues.

      just accept that and ignore the haters. most instances desperately need more diversity in their viewpoints.

      the good thing is unlike reddit, you won’t be banned for having a different point of view.

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        8 hours ago

        the lemmy hivemind

        A big way Lemmy defers from Reddit: people who unironicly use the word “hive mind” are not to be taken seriously and you can just ignore them.