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Its a tough question because lemmy is for a cleary majority a variation of political left. ML is infamous for being tankies for example. One reason i observed for this is because corporate sites, you know which ones ars increasingly leaning if not full on political right.
There are right leaning communities oc but i doubt there is much truly Neutral. You may also encounter a lot of defederation with those communities to protect targeted communities from fascism
The far right takeover happening in the US is not helping because what even is the center position at this point? Feels like a full on information war.
Having said that i fully agree that there should be neutral ground if not purely on the basis that the word is not America and there is plenty of political spectrum in the world besides (Anti)Facism.
I have noticed that the big political communies all allow US posts because we are still reasonably small. As we grow we will see more diversity.
Which brings me to the my last point, do not be afraid of empty communities. Be the user you want to see and subscribe to it, maybe post something. Someday someone may and as an early member you get the privilege of helping to shape it towards what you believe we need.
I agree with you regarding Lemmy and leaning left. But none of us actually learn anything if we are in the right or left hive mind. And though it would be a long shot to form a group with no labels re "no tribes" it would be interesting if we could do it. Lemmy has far too many "dead" communities already. Posts and comments are 6 months or longer ago. We don't need an other which is what we would have without upfront support