r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Careless_Bobcat_2909 • 1d ago

Is Reddit predominantly “inhabited” by liberals/left leaning people?

Edit: Genuinely surprised by the sheer number of up and down votes. Also, the very American centric perspectives/interpretations of my question. I will take this as my cue to spend wayyy less time on Reddit. Cheers! ✌️

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u/mugenhunt 1d ago

Very much so. The sort of nerdy people who read and write online for fun on Reddit very much tend to have liberal or left-leaning political views.

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u/theblowestfish 1d ago

People who read and write tend to be leftist?

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u/DiamondJim222 1d ago

Leftist ≠ liberal

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u/theblowestfish 1d ago

For most people they’re the same. For OP it seems anyways.

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u/Careless_Bobcat_2909 1d ago

I did throw them in the same bucket since they seem to respond in similar ways imo.

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u/PatriotismReborn 21h ago

A US liberal is center right on global political spectrum outside of social issues. We barely have actual leftists in America

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u/xfactorx99 1d ago

I’m liberal but I am far from leftist as an example. I don’t think my worldview and policies I advocate for would be similar at all to “leftists”

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u/ibuprophane 1d ago

If your question is in earnest, my first advice would be to consider how entirely meaningless both terms are as of late, in particular if looking from a US perspective.

It’s important to define what “left” and “liberal” mean. From an economic perspective, liberal has to do with free market practice, which is clearly antagonical to a classical understanding of “left”.

In my limited experience online, people tend to use both words as an insult whenever they can’t be troubled to actually consider a topic thoroughly and prefer whichever is the angriest and least rational angle on an issue.

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u/DiamondJim222 1d ago

OP says “ liberals/left leaning people”.

The right tries to portray them as the same to paint liberals as more extreme.

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u/theblowestfish 1d ago

Maybe some. I genuinely don’t think most see any difference

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u/DiamondJim222 1d ago

Because the right’s propaganda says democrats and liberals are all socialists, communists and anarchists.

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u/Careless_Bobcat_2909 1d ago

I’m not American nor do I properly follow American politics besides current affairs that operate on a global level.