I’d argue NK and Florida are on different levels of democratic but I see your point.

You’re probably right with your last paragraph. I do find it amusing to read when they bend backwards trying to defend something that absurd.

Outside of the conservative American subreddits that’s standard too though. I rarely see anyone (not downvoted to hell) claim Israel should continue

People claim Lemmy is supposed to be “better” than Reddit but so far I’ve encountered more petty barons here than Reddit

Some people likely deserve getting banned but they have a very fragile echo chamber if they need to ban anyone not toeing the party line.

I was in an argument with someone on .ml unironically calling north Korea democratic and then they banned me because apparently I’m a “chauvinistic westerner” when I disagreed. I found that pretty hilarious.

Irony is that people in .ml ban you for not agreeing with their hivemind