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Thank you. Do these people not realize that centrist basically means stable and successful? Probably just sad sacks who want things to go sour. And I want to b

Thank you. Do these people not realize that centrist basically means stable and successful? Probably just sad sacks who want things to go sour. And I want to be clear, in the U.S. Dems are a center-left party and GOP is a (increasingly) far-right party. You can see this objectively by the percent of the time each member flips. Approx. around 80% GOP never flips versus only 20% Dems.

secondcoming 6y ago
Really. Everything I've read and heard about US politics would seems to suggest that the Dems are being pulled increasingly towards the extreme left.
- peteretep 6y ago
  > Everything I've read and heard about US politics would seems to suggest that the Dems are being pulled increasingly towards the extreme left We are either reading very different news, or your use of “extreme left” is highly out of sync with anything approaching common usage. Wake me me up when they start nationalising pensions
- kalleboo 6y ago
  The Democratic party as an institution is not very left at all. There are people who identify as Democrats who could be described as extreme left, and they may get a lot of airtime, but they do not represent the party and do not influence it's policies.
  - secondcoming 6y ago
    AOC et al? She'll be leading the party in 5 years.
    - secondcoming 6y ago
      I'm not sure if I'm being downvoted by Republicans who don't like her, or Democrats who think I think I'm a Republican!
    - edgyquant 6y ago
      This is a bad uninformed take. AOC would be a literally who without Conservatives pushing her as a villain in their media.
- Nursie 6y ago
  > Everything I've read and heard about US politics would seems to suggest that the Dems are being pulled increasingly towards the extreme left. Have you been using Fox news exclusively to form those opinions? From a British perspective, the Democrats are to the right of all the major parties in our parliament.
  - secondcoming 6y ago
    No. I'm not American and have lived in Britain for over 15 years.
viridian 6y ago
What do you mean by flips?

secondcoming 6y ago

Really. Everything I've read and heard about US politics would seems to suggest that the Dems are being pulled increasingly towards the extreme left.

peteretep 6y ago
> Everything I've read and heard about US politics would seems to suggest that the Dems are being pulled increasingly towards the extreme left We are either reading very different news, or your use of “extreme left” is highly out of sync with anything approaching common usage. Wake me me up when they start nationalising pensions
kalleboo 6y ago
The Democratic party as an institution is not very left at all. There are people who identify as Democrats who could be described as extreme left, and they may get a lot of airtime, but they do not represent the party and do not influence it's policies.
- secondcoming 6y ago
  AOC et al? She'll be leading the party in 5 years.
  - secondcoming 6y ago
    I'm not sure if I'm being downvoted by Republicans who don't like her, or Democrats who think I think I'm a Republican!
  - edgyquant 6y ago
    This is a bad uninformed take. AOC would be a literally who without Conservatives pushing her as a villain in their media.
Nursie 6y ago
> Everything I've read and heard about US politics would seems to suggest that the Dems are being pulled increasingly towards the extreme left. Have you been using Fox news exclusively to form those opinions? From a British perspective, the Democrats are to the right of all the major parties in our parliament.
- secondcoming 6y ago
  No. I'm not American and have lived in Britain for over 15 years.

viridian 6y ago

What do you mean by flips?