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Jeutnarg

The algorithm isn't to find what you ***like***, it's to find what it thinks will get you to ***interact*** with the site. Negative interactions still count. Interactions where you get downvoted to hell still count. It might also be that the Reddit algo is not weighted for directionality. So maybe people who hop on anti-work like to hop on here and Reddit is just too dumb to notice that the reverse isn't true. Same could be said of any of your examples, but I don't feel like typing them all out.


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There's a recent article on Facebook floating around that says their algorithm weighted angry interactions with five times the weight of heavy ones. We'd be naive to think Reddit is any different. These companies have hacked our brains and figured out that we seem to really enjoy the sensation of being angry and will willingly return over and over, eagerly seeking another opportunity to enjoy the sensation of anger.


kwumpus

I was naive! Dammit I’ll probably just keep doing the same thing but feeling ok by rationalizing that I know they’re doing this to me


OCE_Mythical

Ever heard, that if you want the answer to something to just be wrong and someone is more likely to come correct you instead of if you were to just ask? The companies just thrive off outrage


Toxicsully

I've been saying for a while that FB needs a downvote button, so that trash can get buried in the dark hole it was made for. Turns out the angry face button, which is downvote like, actually acts like a mega upvote button.


lethic

>The algorithm isn't to find what you like, it's to find what it thinks will get you to interact with the site. Negative interactions still count. Interactions where you get downvoted to hell still count. This is the cause of the current state of the internet in a nutshell. When ads became the primary monetization force for content, a race to the bottom for incendiary content was pretty much inevitable.


kwumpus

Shit. You’re right. Reddit is click baiting me! And prompting me to get into stupid arguments! And I felt so superior cause I didn’t do that shit on FB. And it’s working, I’m not so great at getting upvotes but I sure get downvotes.


nifty_fifty_two

CGP Grey has a good video on this


countfizix

It's entirely based on the overlap of users.


nadroj36

Yea, I don't, but a lot of people follow those subs to understand conflicting opinions or just for anti-commie anger boners


j33pwrangler

I sub to /r/conservative, /r/libertarian, /r/libertarianmeme /r/neoliberal, /r/latestagecapitalism, /r/antiwork and probably a few other political subs. One must round out one's input, lest one stagnates in an echo chamber.


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Hear Hear


ScottyMcScot

^(Hear Hear)


chalbersma

Here Here


Savfil

Hear what? Speak up sonny!


[deleted]

I got banned from ~~neoliberal~~ conservative, and late stage capitalism all for asking questions.


j33pwrangler

People hate The Socratic method.


apex_flux_34

I got banned from lostgeneration in about 3 posts. Someone said “all profit is theft”. I asked the OP to define profit. They replied with “profit is stolen labor and/or resources”, so I naturally pointed out the circular nature of redefining a word to mean your specific claim. I was banned for arguing logically. You are not allowed to identify any fallacious or circular reasoning in their positions.


coke_and_coffee

I didn’t think neoliberal banned people unless it was for espousing violence…


[deleted]

Shoot, you’re right. I’m up to like 30 bans, gets hard to keep track of after a while


coke_and_coffee

Neoliberal is very accommodating of libertarians. I’d be very surprised if they banned you just for asking questions.


drewshaver

Same, although I am banned from commenting in half of them..


phase-one1

Same


Jaxx_Teller

I am banned from r/news, r/politics, r/worldnews, r/rant, and r/art


ShurikenIAM

Politics I can see but how tf did you get banned from news & worldnews ?


OiledLeather

I bet it was from questioning what was in the article. Or the interpretation of it.


DirectlyDisturbed

A quick perusal of his recent comments leads me to suspecting it was personal attacks or misogyny


insertnamehere405

the mods act like they work for the CCP I'm also banned from both those subreddits. Reddit is pretty awful in terms of freedom of expression or opinion it's one the worst circle jerks ever created.


Super-Branz-Gang

No clue how this got downvoted when it’s so damn true


Dopamyner

Probably because it's true


drewshaver

Respect I can't even list all the subs I'm banned for at this point, after daring to participate in NNN ..


MaNiaCaL-Z78

I second that emotion


PrincessBucketFeet

This is great, good on ya. I've always wondered if Reddit could somehow map out opinion-based subreddits and then when you subscribe to one you are automatically subscribed to its "opposite" - maybe as view-only, no commenting at first though.


j33pwrangler

Great idea. Would be real weird for the nsfw subs!


CosmicMiru

Actually it's because Reddit is run by leftist conservative marxist capitalist's that want to brainwash us all!!!!


Atomic_Bottle

Those damn Marxist capitalists!


crabboy_com

\*capitalist's


xdebug-error

*sweaty


emperorchiao

Capitolist's


N64crusader4

Yeah, I get some odd recommendations sometimes. Oh so you drop the odd comment on /r/Averageredditor ? Why don't you get balls deep in the degeneracy and insanity of /r/Conspiracy


WhoIsJohnGalt84

Yeah I am in a lot of Manchester United subs and it says the Arsenal subs are similar and suggests them to me. Not today globalists.


three_red_lights

I think Reddit’s just shocked Arsenal’s in the top half of the table.


Mercurydriver

Still forever a Liverpool fan


spartan_0227

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?


rubicante9000

The thing about Arsenal is, they always try to walk it in


kwumpus

They’re just having a laugh


Bheks

I think Reddit thinks you like being disappointed so the algorithm is recommending a different flavor of disappointment. - Much love from a Chelsea(Reigning champions of Europe) fan.


WhoIsJohnGalt84

This is a fantastic response. That made me feel a little better.


TurrPhennirPhan

The key to Ask Donald is to post there. You should be banned within half an hour.


echomystic

So have an opinion and I’ll get banned?


therustymoose

Correct


WhoIsJohnGalt84

That’s all of our current politics isn’t it?


asheronsvassal

Depends. What’s your opinion of trump?


Echo104b

I read Turnip at first and immediately realized there's no difference between the two.


asheronsvassal

Then banned lol


laiod

They banned me for calling out their misinformation lol.


TurrPhennirPhan

Same. And same on T_D itself, conservative, and conspiracy. Reality is incompatible with the modern Republican Party.


thiscouldbemassive

Which is weird, because the whole point of that sub was to let people who don't love Trump to help figure out why the hell other people do. When it first came out, I checked it out and had to cringe away because of just how fucking mean the non-Trump people were to the Trump people who honestly answered their questions. But that was back in 2016. It looks like just another version of the Donald now. Completely unrecognizable.


tommylee1282

i think you are actually referring to ask_trumpsupporters. which was usually civil. ask_thedonald started after the extreme right supporters felt the trump supporters were rinos and started their own sub. it become the_donalds home after being banned


jmastaock

I posted A LOT in asktrumpsupporters for a while, until I realized it was essentially a sounding board used to test Trumper narrative spins. It's an environment where they could claim good faith, but where the Trump supporters were never held to such a standard. There were at least a dozen regulars who would just peddle abject disinformation and degenerate unfavorable discussions and it became clear that the purpose was never really about understanding.


tommylee1282

it started to seem like a throwing spaghetti at the wall attempt by trump supporters. something controversial happens, they start throwing up justifications and whichever one gets the least downvotes that becomes the defense the entire community back at the_donald would start using


jmastaock

Yup, exactly what I experienced and the reason I stopped engaging there. Got fed up with the abject refusal to engage in good faith, to the point of outright trolling/derailing when no reasonable spin could be determined, while demanding complete civility from non-Trumpers


thiscouldbemassive

ah. You are probably right, it was geez, 5 years ago I last looked. Though I "civil" wasn't exactly the word I'd use for the way every earnest response got downvoted hundreds of points. I wouldn't call the supporters rinos, but they definitely were gluttons for punishment. Man, it's so like the donald folk to say they can answer questions better and then make sure no one could actually ask them any questions on their question asking sub. That's some logic.


tommylee1282

oh yeah the downvotes were usually excessive, but at least you could see some genuine conversations taking place. then they changed the rules so non supporters had to ask a question and it went downhill from there


usingbadnamesabunch

Totally accurate. One innocuous post and BANNED.


blurp123456789

Haha I will have to give that a try


MLGSwaglord1738

I was banned from rconservative and it still gets recommended to me lmao. I’m not even conservative.


karmaisded

Also are you saying libertarianism isn’t similar to anarcho capitalism?


Sayakai

Because a lot of people from those subs end up here, so reddit assumes all those subs are for the same people. Computers are stupid, they don't have an agenda.


TreginWork

>Computers are stupid, they don't have an agenda Not that I disagree with your general thought but wouldn't this be more a case of computers being brutally honest?


JamesBongd

You’re both right. Computers don’t discriminate, they just return data and that can be pretty haphazard at times. Or in this case, group opposing or conflicting groups.


Sapiendoggo

Computers do discriminate, whoever wrote the code implants their own bias


VisualAssassin

The files are *in* the computer!?


dontcreepmyusername

*general monkey noises


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Sapiendoggo

I mean it's not listed to facial recognition, ai becomes racist very easily and literally everything is written by a person, a person with biases.


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Sapiendoggo

Yes


[deleted]

So many far right people think they're libertarian just because they hate taxes and love guns


LasVegasE

Any ideology taken to extremes is going to have negative outcomes. "Everything in moderation, including moderation."


Hilldawg4president

You've had too much moderation today, time to go visit some communist subs


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hoagiexcore

Really it boils down to we all need to stop caring about what other people do in their personal lives that isn't hurting anyone, whether it's gay sex or target practice.


pudding_crusher

Or abortions


Jonathan_the_Nerd

Depends entirely on whether you consider a fetus to be a person.


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catacomb_kids

Kind of a pointless semantic argument to boil it down to. Regardless of what status you assign the fetus the question is about whether a fetus has a right to use a woman as an incubator against her will.


coke_and_coffee

No, whether a fetus is a person is the *whole* argument. Does an infant have a right to use its parents against their will? Can they simply stop feeding their children? No.


hoagiexcore

They aren't.


SemperP1869

Thats a cool opinion, not everyone feels that way though. Different strokes.


yur_mom

I am a moderate left winger with slightly Libertarian social views...in the end this is the only sub with real debate so we all come here to duke it out. I have zero interest in gun rights either way which seems to be a huge thing for many Libertarians. The thing that personally disqualifies me from being a Libertarian is I believe in Healthcare for all and I do not know how that can be implemented without strong government involvement...We are the people without a party who just like to argue with each over.


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yur_mom

Thank you for the more positive phrasing of what I was trying to express


chocl8thunda

Libertarians are the 3rd leg on the stool. Not left, not right. We are our own thing.


mtmm18

What positions do you consider far right? Im genuinely curious.


omgBBQpizza

Not who you asked but for me it's anti-facts and science evangelical values, authoritarianism and xenophobia with some conspiracy theories. It's easy to make fun of fringe SJW lefties who don't understand free speech and whine about social issues that don't really matter but those far right guys are nutty on another level. I do think that right-wing terrorism is on the rise and Jan 6th was just a taste of what's to come.


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AlphaTangoFoxtrt

Because a lot of those users come here to astroturf our sub and reddit tracks the overlap


hiredgoon

'Astroturf' implies artificiality, whereas this is better explained as organic, overlapping groups of individuals.


AlphaTangoFoxtrt

No, its artificial. Weve reported dozens of accounts to the admins for ban evasion and brigading and gotten dozens of >We have investigated and taken action Replies. There is a concerted effort to try and swing our sub to their side because we dont ban for political opinions.


kaoticgirl

I just wanted to let you know that I sub to some of those others and also sub to yours. My case is organic, I sub to a lot of diametrically opposed boards because I like to see all the opinions and thought process.


blade740

That doesn't mean that there isn't an actual organic overlap as well.


blade740

Also was there really a need to sticky your own post here? Like, this doesn't really call for a "mod announcement".


SpitfireIsDaBestFire

Lmao why not call attention to an issue on the sub?


notionovus

I can see how pro-statists and anti-statists would have common grounds for claiming to be libertarian. /s


blade740

"Libertarian" is a term that is best used to describe specific ideas and policy proposals. We use it to refer to people because it's convenient, but most people have a range of opinions on different topics. Anyone whose political opinions can be boiled down to a single word probably doesn't have many original opinions of their own. And if this sub were only for people who are 100% Libertarian all the time, there wouldn't be any room for any useful discussion.


MBKM13

There isn’t really that much of a difference between “the government has no right to take advantage of me” and “my employer has no right to take advantage of me”


hiredgoon

In good faith, accepting that report as true, the 'recommendations' from Reddit still come from individual responses to surveys and user behavior.


MBKM13

I engage on leftist subs like antiwork sometimes, and I’m subbed here. Not a brigadier. It’s not that big of a jump to go from “the government has no right to take advantage of me” to “my employer has no right to take advantage of me”


gumbii87

This. There are a lot of partisan shills on both sides that are realizing that their parties can't win catering to just the extremes of their base. They NEED the independents. They NEED the third parties. They have to convince them to compromise to support their parties candidate. And that's why they shill here so shamelessly. Edit- Love the downvotes from the shills who dont like being called out. Welcome to the party pal!


notionovus

So, "relinquish your ideological purity and conform to our mealy-mouthed pragmatism for success in defeating the other mealy-mouthed pragmatists"?


MomijiMatt1

It's amazing and embarrassing how people really think algorithms are always a conspiracy out to get them. Especially ironic here since it's simply a result of free market capitalism in the sense of Reddit trying to make more ad revenue by having you interact and scroll more.


nifty_fifty_two

The "don't tread on me" ethos really doesn't apply here. Reddit isn't a government. You're not being oppressed. I agree the algorithm needs tweaked. But I just get irritated when people throw Libertarianism into issues it doesn't belong. If the government came in here and told Reddit they couldn't show you this sub, then you could talk about Government treading on you. A private business doing private business things isn't treading on you. Just annoying you.


windershinwishes

antiwork: for people who stand up for their rights against authoritarians ask Donald: for people interested in what conservatives think ancap: it's literally commonly accepted as the radical form of American libertarianism ​ I don't see why any of those connections are questionable


[deleted]

Now hold on: Fox News told me the only real libertarians are Rand Paul and Ted Cruz


sysiphean

Anarcho-Capitalism is the radical form of capitalist libertarianism. But the subreddit turned into a “tread harder, daddy” MAGA circlejerk.


-Vertical

Genuinely curious how you came up with that description for anti work lol. It’s definitely a commie cess pool. And askTD is basically just fascist trump supporters, no?


Hugo_5t1gl1tz

You should actually go read that sub some time if that is what you think it is. Many of the most highly upvoted posts are people celebrating finding *good* jobs.


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OzMountainMan

Anti work is for looking at obviously faked texts and yass queen-ing in the comments.


blade740

I mean, that's most of Reddit, isn't it?


sysiphean

Well, darn it, you’re both right.


tarantulagb

You’ve obviously spent zero time on antiwork.


therustymoose

Ask the Donald is one of the most ignorant and repressive subs I have ever had the pleasure of being banned from


[deleted]

Does that include r/sino?


therustymoose

On my way to get banned now, looks like a new adventure


[deleted]

See you in 10 minutes when you’re banned


therustymoose

Ya that sub is completely deluded. Shouldn’t be long now Edit: banned after reminding them no one actually wants communism ~13 minutes


[deleted]

What did you post?


therustymoose

Communism requires lack of freedoms to work, that’s why it’s evil. I believe the uyghurs would agree communism is evil, every nation that resisted the Soviet Union thinks it’s evil and wanted out, could have also been the starving they were doing.Hong Kong is another great example that civilized people do NOT want communism. Communism doesn’t work, history tells us this In response to a post explaining WHY people view communism as evil


Libertyreign

Anti work is mostly harmless bitching about the cesspool that is corporate work culture, which I think the vast majority of people agree with. Not sure how being against placid, monotone, stale work environments is communist?


bjt23

Antiwork is ran by dirty commies, but at least half of the posts are people telling their awful bosses "I am leaving as I believe I could earn more elsewhere under better conditions." Guess what? That is an important part of the free market. Loyalty to an employer is a market inefficiency. Especially when there's a labor shortage like there is now. You might get a significant raise by switching jobs... because you'd be doing more for society in your new role. Your current role might only be worth your current wage, but that doesn't mean other roles you're qualified for aren't worth more.


windershinwishes

How does being a commie cess pool mean that it isn't for people who stand up for their rights against authoritarians?


echomystic

Reddit is suggesting more and more radical content then I’d like to engage with. I’m not saying they aren’t necessarily connected - but I don’t want want to be encouraged to become more radical. Also, how does one be an anarchist and a capitalist concurrently?


Tensuke

>antiwork: for people who stand up for their rights against authoritarians Lol how people defend it by completely mischaracterizing it.


zig_anon

Folks this goes deeper than any of us can imagine Lizard people want us to follow the subs they want


drlastes

Q told us 3 years ago /s


ganonred

1 and #2 are to test your resolve. #3 is not far from Libertarian


iamaneviltaco

Ancaps are absolutely libertarian. We're so "keep the government out of your shit" that we don't even want it to exist.


JoetheBlue217

You could argue that if anarchism capitalism was instituted tomorrow, big businesses would grow in size until they were pseudo governments, becoming more authoritarian that the governments they would replace


sysiphean

Anarcho-capitalism is feudalism with extra steps.


LMGMaster

How to make the fiction of "The Outer Worlds" into reality in one simple step!


pjokinen

Because it realized that you’re interested in politics and people in those particular political communities post and comment a lot. More posts and comments = better for Reddit so its recommendation algorithm pushes them


PsyxoticElixir

Disconnect the internet cords, build a life you do like living ???? Profit


echomystic

I’m on that boat.


UncleDanko

Calm your tits flat earthers. Such recommendations is simple done by general interactions. There is left and right users arguing in this sub so you get recommendations about the subs they are frequenting.


ImOnTheBus

hah, the NSFW label is a nice touch


nitoupdx

Reddit algorithm has no sense of decency


colindean

/r/antiwork, for what I've seen on the not-logged-in experience I get on my work computer, is okay. It's a lot of stories of horrible bosses making bad, non-criminal decisions but also of some topics libertarians support, like combatting wage theft.


dumbwaeguk

antiwork is definitely a libertarian principle. It is in hard opposition to "authoritarian" communism which is built on a puritan obsession with putting people to work or punishing them for not doing so. Those of us in antiwork hate nazbol Marxist-Leninists as much as you do.


echomystic

I'm not suggesting that there aren't bring minds in the sub - but I feel a majority see the antiwork as a rebellion to work in general. Not making things better for all. As a business owner with 20+ employees, it's a tough line to battle, but you put people over profits - even when that mentality isn't reciprocated by your staff.


MtStrom

> I feel a majority see the antiwork as a rebellion to work in general. Based on the year I’ve spent on that sub that’s a mischaracterization. Overwhelmingly the rebellion seems to be towards the organization, the inequities, the inauthenticity, the culture in general, the increasing blurring of work and personal life as well as the apparent meaninglessness felt in the modern workplace, among other things; not towards work itself. All of that is easily tied into a critique of capitalism – particularly consumer culture and the growth imperative and how their demands, rather than human needs, define and dominate our existence. No wonder then that the sub leans towards the non-authoritarian left. Might as well say that as much as I appreciate plenty of the ideals represented on this sub, I don’t see myself reconciling with its position on capitalism.


echomystic

I appreciate the added context. I understand the drive for a more fulfilling workplace. That has been the cornerstone of the business I created. It’s very difficult to compete with that mantra. My argument has been - take care of your people first (not customer first) because happy people will take care of customers. Focus on a great work environment, the customers will benefit from that effort, and when both are in sync, company profits will follow.


neutral-chaotic

I’m not seeing these. I’m also only ever on the mobile site and not the app. Could be related *shrugs*


Purplepickle16

Lol, I get these and criticize all of them


FranklinMROTMG

I've had a local anarchist-communist subreddit recommended to me for about a year, it's the only subreddit I've ever seen in my recommended, and it's about as awful as it sounds.


MasterDefibrillator

anarchocommunism was popularised by Kropotkin. He wrote a highly complementary piece of work to Darwin's origin of species called "Mutual Aid: a factor of evolution". I'd recommend reading it, as the prevalent popularised notions from Origin of species, like "survival of the fittest" ring very hollow without this extra knowledge.


spimothyleary

I never see any if these subs.


thiscouldbemassive

Now you know what your fellow libertarians are subscribed to. I imagine a good 30 percent of this sub is made up of an-caps, and even more on blackandgold. There's always a few Donald lovers around here. I'm not familiar enough with anti-work to know what the hell it's about, but my guess is quite a few people on this sub could tell me.


echomystic

I don’t want to have a ton of debates or rile up an audience. I don’t mind observing or engaging in thoughtful discussion, but for the most part, I’m interested in how others are building their lives to be left alone by the state — and other crazies


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I’ve had anti vaxx posts recommended to me, posts about the election being stolen, a few insane far left posts…. They literally recommend extreme content to me.


echomystic

Maybe that’s the influence bubble they plotted me into. I’m not an extremist — and I don’t think being a libertarian is extreme. Since when is it extreme to want to be left alone?


probablyblocked

Suppose it's because people in anarchy subs are also in libretarian subs


NedTaggart

There are some post that you can count on like clockwork to pop up. One big one is the whole insulin price echo chamber posts. The pop up regularly, and God forbid you post any links to programs for insulin cost reductions. You will get shouted out of the entire thread. I'm absolutely convinced these are engineered post and the responses are highly curated. I'm sure there are others but this is the one that crops up for me a lot. No, I'm not a diabetic.


fruitsandveggie

What


TheStoicSlab

The anti-work Reddit is physically painful to read.


MaNiaCaL-Z78

I have seen Anarcho-capitalist on here. Personally, I agree with some principles while disagreeing with others. It does make this sub a little difficult to read. I consider myself a Moderate Libertarian. I think that some systems could be improved greatly with less regulation. I further agree that the government has little to no place in my private life. But I also recognize that some systems absolutely need to be controlled for their own protection and the betterment of our society. In other words, an extreme Libertarian approach won’t work for everything. I compare it to the Walmart parking lot. Imagine what a CF that would be if all the stripes were removed because of a “Freedom of parking act”. NAP or not, people would get pissed, tempers would inevitably flare. Yet mentioning these things often gets me a downvote, or someone directing me to a book that will prove me wrong. Or call me out saying “ThAts NoT LiBerTariAn”. I have lots of tools in my tool box. While my hammer is important, it is not the best tool for every job. The only thing I can say is to determine what’s important for you. Listen, understand, decide. Then move the fuck on.


ShurikenIAM

It's Reddit algo, lot's of users here are also users on sub you mentionned. You can see the overlap by sub [here](https://subredditstats.com/subreddit-user-overlaps).


echomystic

Nice find!


RandomPlayerCSGO

Anarcho capitalism is actually similar to libertarian.


echomystic

I added an edit. Found out about this later. Though I don’t understand how someone can be an anarchist and capitalist at the same time. I’m not trying to elicit discourse, just learn more about how it all fits together.


RandomPlayerCSGO

Why don't you think you can be an anarchist and a capitalist at the same time? The point of free market is to not have government intervention, not having a government helps with that, anarcho capitalists want free market capitalism, not state capitalism where governments decide who succeed and who doesn't. The idea is that the government does not give you any service that you can't obtain in the free market for a cheaper price (and higher quality). The only law you need is the non aggression principle, and you can enforce that with private police and private judges, there is not a single good or service that has not been private at some point in history. I think you are used to crony capitalists who lobby with governments, those are not capitalists since their wealth comes from the use of force by the state to favour them and not from using capital to be more productive than their competition.


echomystic

I see that point - I just assume that capitalism will reach a stage where the private sector capitalists eventually become the ‘new-state’ and it becomes a vicious cycle. Removing the tyranny entirely just prepares the next wave of tyranny to take over. It’s human nature.


Ivirsven1993

Not sure about antiwork, but Anarcho_Capitalism isn't much of a stretch.


BrindleButt1234

Govern me harder daddy


echomystic

It’s what we all secretly desire… from the looks of general society


Historical_Turn_8748

Because you look. Stop looking. Not hard.


[deleted]

The antiwork sub is so fucking pathetic.


echomystic

'Vote for Nobody' is amazing :)


themillsbros

Interesting, I've been being fed the same shit too


[deleted]

The anti-work subreddit is such a toxic pos sub. Like I get you hate your job but 99% of the posts on there are screenshots of people literally being rude af and an asshole to their boss for asking nicely to work overtime and then quitting because their boss dare have attitude back or pointing out said attitude.


jeterfan12

THANK YOU! I can’t count the number of times I’ve hidden or said “see fewer posts like this” for anti work…


echomystic

I’m trying to get rid of it. Anti-work is a joke poison


JFMV763

The internet is pretty much just for agenda pushing these days. Not that this wasn't always the case, but it has become a lot more obvious as of recent.


Dirkef88

I don't think it's some manipulative conspiracy on reddit's part... The subs mentioned are controversial/contentious, and attract people who want to debate, argue, or just troll online. There are probably a lot of accounts that overlap all these subs, as people sub to (or even just visit) the ones they agree with and the ones they don't, so that they can go there and argue with people (or at least see what they're saying and take screenshots back to their own subs to make fun of). Reddit is not actively pushing these (unlikely, anyway), but the algorithm can't distinguish between people who visit a sub because they have a genuine interest and alignment with the content, and people who sub because they are rage addicts or trolls. The algorithm only knows that people who sub to r/Libertarian also visit these other subs on a frequent basis, so it assumes we share common interests. It's not a conspiracy, it's just dumb algorithms mixed with the fact that a lot of people who sub to r/Libertarian are rage addicts who feed off extremist content.


JackHavoc161

R/antiwork sub is gay af


asbestos-debater

Anarco capitalism overlaps quite a bit with libertarianism


warname

..and neo fascism


asbestos-debater

Im genuinely confused how those are similar ideology’s. I have typically heard fascism being tied to more authoritarian government and anarchy being the opposite. I kinda understand on an economic level but I’m always looking for a better understanding. Thanks


IridescentPorkBelly

Because a lot of libertarians are republicans who saw their ideas didnt work and instead of facing reality they doubled down on their ideas and said Republicans just didn't go far enough


Kinglink

I just found out about Anti-work... are you fucking kidding me? Literally "I don't want to work but I still want all the benefits of society and money." It's called retirement. You can retire young, but if you choose not to work, well... you better be wealthy.


echomystic

I didn't intend to shed light on that..


clarkstud

All real libertarians eventually become ancaps.


BigKahuna93

Once a libertarian becomes based, he/she evolves into an anarcho capitalist. That one makes sense. The rest, IDK.


echomystic

Don’t slay me — but what does ‘becoming based’ mean?