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> The Democrats are not “left”. They’d barely pass for center across the pond. Centre-right to right: https://politicalcompass.org/uselection2020 https://polit
by stefantalpalaru 6y ago
> The Democrats are not “left”. They’d barely pass for center across the pond.
Centre-right to right: https://politicalcompass.org/uselection2020 https://politicalcompass.org/uselection2020
- refurb 6y agoEverything looks "center-right to right" when you're on the extreme left.
- fragmede 6y agoSo there's no such thing as the center-left?
- iso947 6y agoOf course there is, you see it in many european countries
- spats1990 6y agoHard to parse what you mean here. The link is indirectly about the Overton window in US politics wherein views and policies considered centrist or center-left at most in other Western democracies appear "extreme left" in the context of US politics. Conversely, mainstream right-wing views in the US appear extremely right-wing in the context of other Western democracies. The linked page attempts to demonstrate through comparison to other Western democracies that the views or proposed policies of "left" or "extreme left" US politicians are contextually leftist, not objectively. (edit: I get that "objectively" is probably not the correct word to use there, but I hope you get my meaning; it would be nice if someone could suggest a better one. Probably better to just have written "the views or proposed policies of 'left' or 'extreme left' US politicians are only contextually leftist"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window