It just feels difficult to have meaningful conversations on here sometimes. Like yes I dislike America, but I don't need to act like nothing good has ever come out of it. Maybe China is better than America, but I don't want Xi nuking American cities. I don't think war is suddenly cool and good because Ukraine has some nazis in it. Not everyone I disagree with is some bumbling mass of idiocy, a lot of times we just differ on certain core values.
I think it's one of the better places on the internet. My only criticisms are that (1) leaning into being "extremely online" rots your brain and leads to pretty whacky behaviors and takes, and (2) people seem to be evaluating and adopting a lot of their positions based entirely on vibes rather than doing their homework. Vibes are useful for detecting possible sus political sympathies but no more than that. There's a bit of weird anti-intellectualism here sometimes, honestly.