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Yeah. Compared to the rest of the world, the entire left half of the political spectrum is more or less missing in the US. The democrats are a center right par
by cure 6y ago
Yeah. Compared to the rest of the world, the entire left half of the political spectrum is more or less missing in the US.
The democrats are a center right party. The republicans are at this point, a far right party. It has been a deliberate strategy of the far right to paint the center as "socialism" (which a lot of Americans seem to mistake for communism...), because it makes their ideology seem less extreme. A lot of Americans have fallen for that nonsense, unfortunately. Definitions and framing and perspective matters a lot.
- mmastrac 6y agoHonestly, socialism should be re-branded in the US as "Canadianism" or "Scandanavianism" to break free of that branding problem. Americans aren't against socialized medicine or safety nets, just the "socialism" boogieman.
- anonunivgrad 6y agoThat’s not true. America, or at least its coastal big cities, leads the world in identity leftism. That is, the kind of leftism that finds its base in gays, transgenders, criminals, and other social “losers” (as opposed to economic losers) and their sympathizers. In fact, American leftists have contempt for the working class that used to form the base of old, economic leftism. They despise crass, vulgar, manly working men. It’s obviously more complicated than this, but that’s the 5000 foot view.