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Comment by lipstone | Hacker News Reader

Have you used reddit at all within the past 10 years? Yeah, there's some smaller subreddits that have right-wing views, but every frontpage sub leans heavily left.

For example, the most common political debate right now isn't Biden vs. Trump, it's whether or not Biden is left-wing enough to deserve a vote.

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From the perspective of someone from Europe this is a very valid question, cause Biden is right of the center, so not really what somehow who describes themselves as "leftist" usually votes for. Even Bernie Sanders, often seen as the start of socialism in America, is only a bit left of the center in typical political quadrants.

The problem is that US politics are very skewed to the right, so many there think clear right wing positions are on the left.

(https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2020)

> The problem is that US politics are very skewed to the right, so many there think clear right wing positions are on the left.

Or maybe the problem is that EU politics are very skewed to the left, so many there think clear left wing positions are on the right.

People are referring to social politics when they say reddit is left heavy, which is certainly true.

Yes, economic politics in America is more right leaning than most of Europe but even still I have a hard time believing reddit pushes towards the right more than the left in any regard besides smaller subs

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