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The far left is a fringe group in America and has next to no political power.

• wait_a_minute 6y ago
  That is not true at all, considering the recent chaos caused by people who are far left (and far right pretending to be far left, to be clear). BLM has been co-opted by far left people. Not hard to find leaders in that movement who are using it as a means for that. Left anarchists have taken over a section of Seattle and are calling it the "autonomous zone." And mainstream media supports all of this and more. The entire Democrat party has taken a massive step to the left and shows no signs of stopping that shift. If you don't see the authoritarian tones there then you can't really be looking.
  • non-entity 6y ago
    > The entire Democrat party has taken a massive step to the left and shows no signs of stopping that shift. The democrats just rejected the closest thing they had to a far left candidate for a pretty standard liberal and there are maybe a handful of elected officials who even flirt with far left ideas. And anarchist show their face whenever these chaotic events happen. Once things die down and the autonomous zone is dissolved you wont see or hear from them in mainstream media tillthe next mass protests.
  • anoncake 6y ago
    Anarchists are descending into authoritarianism? Certainly not.
    • wait_a_minute 6y ago
      I was giving examples of far left people not being a fringe, not saying that the specific flavor of leftism at play there is authoritarian. Although it can be construed as authoritarian if you look at the actions of the so-called anarchists there. IDs required to get in/out, checkpoints where armed hooligans demand to know where you are going and why, forceful seizure of private property...not really anarchy.
    • JohnClark1337 6y ago
      Anarchists of today are the tyrants of tomorrow