First of all, I am assuming you’re American, and so it should go without saying we’re living in wild and unprecedented times. Whether you like these times or not, it’s hard to argue that it’s a darkly historical time period in the country. It’s more than expected that there will be an uptick in non-political subs having otherwise politically tinged, if not outright political, content because unfortunately this authoritarian government is causing a lot of pain, anger, and chaos amongst the populace. All of this said, there are definitely “crazy” people on Reddit and Lemmy, as there are in every facet of life. I’m assuming by “crazy” you’re referring to people with political views you disagree with. As someone who uses Reddit and Lemmy (and will try out Digg when it’s out), I can safely say I don’t have your issues. I carefully join subs that I like and if there is one I don’t like I leave it. It’s really not that complicated. As far as the business model of paying and ads and algorithms and power hungry mods- that’s another story. In my mind it’s hard to argue against Lemmy, though. It’s independent, free of corporations and FREE. They even have conservative subs for people like you who are tired of all the “crazy” lefties out there. The user base is small, but still active. And instead of whining, people like you could go join it and make it bigger and better.