@evan Hadn't considered it. I responded "Yes but..". However, I am uncertain.
As. a "movement", it is decentralizing authority.
Ironically, "decentralizing authority" aligns with what in America we call "Libertarianism" and with the pre-MAGA "Conservative" party: deferring choice (*and responsibility*) and power to tne entities closest to the problem, often the individual.
But it also aligns with what we call "Progressivism" as it is about preventing tyranny by distributing control.
That single value, distribution of control, seems inherently political.
I'd say it's also anti-capitalist. However, there's nothing preventing different parts of the fediverse from attempting to capitalize.
I've opined in the past: is there anything preventing any fediverse node admin from selling data/content to outside entities? AFAIK, there is not. Therefore, any anti-capitalism baked into the Fediverse relies of the forbearance of the administrators/developers involved and not on the Fediverse itself, as an idea.