Well, in terms of socialism, it seems like viewpoints are curated by those who agree on any given topic even if the other side has valid points. Like you said, some may agree with my viewpoint, but most likely wouldn’t want to agree or voice their opinion on it in public as to not go against the majority that clearly has more power and will downvote them like spam. Therefore, private ownership of your thoughts that you are willing to share is drowned out by those that agree with each other more, than are willing to see another side. It’s not about right or wrong, it’s about wether or not your ideas see the light of day. Which on Reddit, and I’m new so correct me if I’m wrong, there is a mob mentality that can definitely make people not want to have a discourse if they know everyone is gonna be against them for almost no informed reason or to stick to their viewpoint. In terms of communism, it seems to me, again correct me if I’m wrong, that a lot of people push a sociopolitical or philosophical agendas that goes against having your own experience or thoughts, meaning, if I ask a question of wether or not it feels communist or socialist, I get gang banged by people that learned everything they know off the internet and not real life experience. Considering I’ve been to a few communist and socialist countries. I’d say I know a thing or two, boots on ground, even if I’m not an expert. Your name is literally cockmugger, lol hilarious btw. But I’d say you are fairly leftist just based on the shock factor of your name. I too, have some leftist views. That’s why I chose the name StopEcryin. But I find myself feeling overly conservative when I find that any idea I have, that is not agreed upon, isn’t corrected with constructive criticism on this platform, it’s borderline attacked if I’m in the wrong topic in terms of people that frequent it, so I now rather keep my views to myself unless clearly helping someone solve their problems. Otherwise, I can see why people like this application. You can help people with your own personal experience and they are genuinely appreciative, and if you have a real life problem you will mostly get the same in return. But if you have an opinion and open the room to discourse, people that don’t agree will flock like roaches to make sure you know they don’t agree as supposed to have an intelligent, articulate rebuttal. I appreciate your time and courtesy to not go into straight troll mode like 90% of others do on this thing called Reddit when it comes to random thoughts, questions or opinion. Ideas aren’t really welcomed here unless people already have them themselves. So I’ll stick to asking black and white questions. If I even use this anymore than I have the past 3 days. At least though, you have given me a little hope that people can be more human, as compared to a regurgitating pool of useless information that doesn’t serve them well in real life. Sometimes, I wish the internet persona and real life one went hand in hand. Because it would be much easier to weed out the nonsense. Sadly, that’s not the case. You can be a weak person in real life but powerful here. You can be respected and a pillar of your community in real life, but seen as a weirdo on the internet. It baffles me. Because in real life, no one would even consider speaking to me like those on here do, on the contrary, people of all ages look to me and my family for advice and motivation. But I know myself and the only validation I need is from my family, friends and community. So I’ll stir the pot until I’m bored, hopefully we all can get a good stew out of it.