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if you are african you definitely have a dog in this fight.

africa has been ravaged by western colonialism not unlike we were.

Not really on topic - but a shoutout to https://baraza.africa/ one of the older pre reddit exodus instances.

The founders of the platform are tankies. Dessalines, for example, is a tankie that banned me for criticizing china.

Anything pro-African is mostly neutral but in essence ignored.

This is sad.

I’m American, and I want the Fediverse to be Euro, Africa, South America heavy. Basically anyone but the usual suspects that dominate news. I want to see stuff from other countries.

I was fortunate enough to get to visit Tanzania, and it was great. It’d be nice if your continent took over the world. Please…

Anyway, be aware that many of the authoritarian shills actually live in the US, Western Europe or wherever. Some do not, but the bulk seem to.

They’re just terminally online.

They don’t know squat about what’s actually going on in North Korea or Iran or China, and they wouldn’t be here if they did because lemmy.ml is banned China, Iran, and obviously North Korea.

Talk to the Eastern European Fediverse folks.

They know precisely what the deal is. You do not hear them praising the Soviets, that’s for sure.

I live in Africa and don't have a dog in this fight

You're the prize the dogs are fighting over

Lemmy was made by communists, seeking to build an alternative to Reddit where communists will not be able to be fully censored. Federation also is similar to how the USSR was federated, and FOSS attracts the left. As such, many areas on Lemmy are going to be pro-CPC (and supportive of socialist states in general).

This isn't the case on every instance, though. Each instance has its own political leanings, some very anti-China and anti-communist in general. It depends on the moderation, federation practices, and focus of the instance itself.

Communists tend to be pro-African, especially the Alliance of Sahel States.

Lemmy was created by communists, for communists. It's gonna have communists in it.

That's happening because you're on lemmy.world, which is connected to lemmy.ml. if you look at those pro-ccp threads, they'll be coming from lemmy.ml, the authoritarian socialist website.

My website isn't connected to .ml, so I don't see any of that nonsense.

Some core developers of Lemmy are hardcore tankies and that attracts others.

Also, for someone from Africa it's weird to claim they are not involved in this. China is strategically investing in African countries. If your country has any mineral or other strategic resources, China is no doubt already there.

Leemy seems full of young westerners with a strong attitude that used to be called "anti-establishment". I think this comes out a lot as overall negativity to the western world, which is seen as authoritative. colonialist, environmentally destructive, and pretty much on the wrong side of any argument by default.

You are right

Less Anti-West, more like Anti-US. And the China drones are another thing entirely.

On one hand, Lemmy used to be a safe-space for communists (including those that wish for the USSR back) before Redditors moved in. The developers of Lemmy themselves are politically pro-China and anti-USA.
On the other hand, the USA have stopped being the shining beacon of freedom and democracy they used to be seen as by many people in the west. So anti-USA posts will get lots of upvotes even from people in the west or the USA itself.
And thirdly, the western countries' refusal to speak out against Israel's genocide in Gaza, Jordan and Lebanon has turned most of lemmy against their governments.

China just looks less bad in comparison than it used to be.
When western governments don't give a fuck about human rights anymore, they have no standing to criticize China over it. And when western media refuse to even address an ongoing genocide carried out with western weapons and money, trust in them is lost and people start to doubt whether the stories they tell about the evil adversary China are true after all.

So it's a mix of Lemmy's original board culture, and a major shift in public perception in general.

P.S.: I'd love to read more news and stories from African countries on Lemmy!

There are absolutely pro-authoritarian agitators here who feel the need to inject their venomous or smug anti-west rhetoric at any opportunity, just looking to start an argument or push propaganda.

As far as posts about African nations being ignored I’d say that’s par for the course for the West. We’re wildly ignorant about the continent, so much so that we say that someone is “from Africa” while ignoring the 50+ countries that exist there. Our news doesn’t cover it unless we can bomb it or exploit it.

Anyone else get a suspicious anti-genocide vibe from this place? 😳

Have you seen how much bullshit "The West" has been responsible for lately?

I dont think it's strange at all for there to be a strong undercurrent of anti-western sentiment.

I mean as far as the us. there are these folks who like to put up god bless america signs. Now im not religious. I don't believe in god. Still. I look and say. That should be america be worthy of gods blessing. Now maybe europe is doing alright but the us has no basis for asking for accolades.