That's because it's lemmy, almost entirely progressives. The populists on the conservative side making bad policy are slashing funding with little regard for long term impact that's just as harmful as the populist leftist approaches, you just don't see me having those conversations here because nobody on lemmy is advocating for it. I think policy should encourage competition and that's about it. At least in regards to economic issues. The market can sort these things out if it is allowed to work, as long as there is healthy competition.