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>Although my perspective on him has changed, it seems to me that the American left has turned into the authoritarian controlling power they so often claim to fi
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
>Although my perspective on him has changed, it seems to me that the American left has turned into the authoritarian controlling power they so often claim to fight against.
Only if you consider Clinton to be leftist, which really doesn't make much sense.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2016 https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2016
- Ar-Curunir 10y agoAmerican left != Clinton.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoI quite realize, but I don't see much authoritarian tendency in the parts leftward of Clinton. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders just aren't that authoritarian, let alone the Green Party.
- sgc 10y agoI was talking about the people adhering to the left--the social movement--more than the politicians themselves. The example I used was my own family, who are not politicians.