Lemmy is more left leaning because the rights popularity seen on other social media are driven by bots that are not here. - eviltoast

Yet.

  • criscodisco@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you’re old enough to remember when seat belt laws started/became more prevalent, you’ll remember the right-leaning folks were all up in arms because “muh freedom to do what I want if it doesn’t hurt anyone else” not realizing (or not caring about) the effect their choices had on their children. While center/left leaning people were just like “I already wear it because it’s the smart thing to do”.

    More recent example: smoking bans