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For American companies I'd imagine the violent overthrow of society being a centrist thing? Washington, for instance is celebrated, and the violent overthrow of
by 8note 6y ago
For American companies I'd imagine the violent overthrow of society being a centrist thing? Washington, for instance is celebrated, and the violent overthrow of Iraqi society was a bipartisan affair.
Characterizing black racial supremacy as left wing extremism also sounds strange; supremacy infers a hierarchy based society which is antithetical to what leftists want. Extreme something, but maybe just another form of extreme right wing politics?
- genericone 6y agoI think its the support for black supremacy that would be considered as left wing extremism, not black supremacy itself. Supporting a movement which is anti-normal supports their causes. Any movement which upends the status quo is fair. They are trying to destroy the current society itself, not to support something which creates societal value.
- klyrs 6y ago> ...a hierarchy based society which is antithetical to what leftists want. Americans are weird because of the two-party system. "Left" and "Right" are classically about economic theories, specifically, collective vs individual ownership. Another axis that's become confounded is the libertarian / authoritarian axis. In the US, the Libertarian party is fairly right-leaning; many modern socialists are left-leaning libertarians. There are quite a few historical examples of atrocities at the hands of authoritarians on both the left and the right. There does seem to be some correlation between left/libertarian and right/authoritarian, but best Biden/Harris represent the authoritarian aspect of the Democrats and neither of them is remotely leftist.