Again, I agree but the mention of reddit tells me they are just trying to recreate r/politics in the fediverse.

The saddest thing I see here is people creating clones of subs, making themselves the mod and the subs lie empty as they don't want to actually created content just be a mod. They are not creating a community, they are just name squatting.

I doubt it'd even due to cloning. It's just due to how Americans refer to politics. America is much more insulted from world events, so world politics is less talked about except in how it affects America. News stations, media, television, academia, everything, generally refers to it as "politics".

Ultimately, that being said, this is a terrible precedent to overthrow a community that has broken no rules. It's mob mentality and censorship. It is in violation of the fediverse principles. I even agree the naming convention would be better, but I don't think it should happen unless the admins make a rule.

I hate to blow your mind at this hour of the day, but every country refers to their own politics as just "politics".

I mean, if you're on that wavelength you're gonna freak out when you hear what Italians call Italian food.