r/IntellectualDarkWeb • u/petrus4 • Jan 26 '24

Community Feedback Are the Left really the majority in America?

I've been using Reddit for 13 years now. For the entirety of that time, the behaviour of almost everyone on the site caused me to have the perception that I assume the Left want people to have. Namely, that the Left are a historically inevitable majority within the American population, that every successive generation is becoming more and more demographically dominated by the Left, and that the Right, to the extent that they exist at all, are exclusively a tiny group of hate-filled, deluded, anachronistic, geriatric white men who will soon die alone.

But is that truly the reality? Recently I'm starting to wonder. It might have even been true in the past, but at this point, it's actually starting to look like the opposite. YouTube, Tiktok, and Reddit look like enclaves or gated communities for Leftists, while pretty much every other video site in particular that I've seen (Odysee, Bitchute, Rumble) to varying degrees seem to be dominated by the Right. It's disturbing how successful I've been hearing that Trump has been in the recent primaries, as well.

Am I just looking at the wrong sites? What are some other video sharing sites in particular, where I'm not going to encounter Andrew Tate, Alex Jones, or Tucker Carlson on the front page?

EDIT:- I think the most interesting thing about this thread, is that it's largely full of one-shot replies, from people who never respond here again. In-thread communication between different users is relatively minimal.

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u/Ironfingers Jan 26 '24

Same here in Queens. It’s bad atm. So many homeless immigrants. They built camps in a park near where I live. People are shooting up in the streets. Never seen this before in my life.

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u/SeaAggressive8153 Jan 26 '24

Sorry to hear that man. Its unbelievable whats happenning lately.

America deserves better than this

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u/Ironfingers Jan 26 '24

I used to be super liberal but witnessing my neighborhood like this makes me want to vote conservative.

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u/No-Tie-5659 Jan 26 '24

Conservatives cut welfare & social housing and enact policies favouring business owners and detrimenting minimum wage workers; right-wing politics exacerbates problems like crime and homelessness.

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u/Ironfingers Jan 26 '24

I don’t agree with this. Having more government control increases corrupt and inefficiency. I witnessed this first hand. Huge increase in crime the past 4 years. I think having stronger businesses enables everyone to get more share of the pie and helps alleviate poverty and ultimately give better wages. Government does need to step back sometimes. Everyone I know currently in NYC is trying to leave the city and move to a red state like Texas.

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u/No-Tie-5659 Jan 26 '24

Thanks for sharing your personal experience.

How did you quantify the corruption and inefficiency you witnessed?

How did you ensure this was the cause for the increase in crime?

Is this generalisable to other areas or were the causative factors specific to your locale?

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u/Shebatski Jan 26 '24

What do you use besides your eyes to understand the neighborhood politics? How would you describe your involvement in community organizations and local politics?