And here on Lemmy/kbin I'm starting to see the same patterns I saw back on Reddit. The same hivemind opinions are establishing themselves in the same communities, and shooting down opposition in the same way. It's not really surprising, I suppose - people are the same people no matter where they go. Disappointing, but not surprising.
I suppose the main hope I have is that the Fediverse has more fragmented forums than Reddit did, so there are more opportunities for different hiveminds with different opinions to establish themselves. I suppose that'll have to do for "balance" for now.