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the left wing in the US is markedly different from traditional left wing politics. Traditional left politics are about class and capitalism (being fundamentally
by beaconstudios 5y ago
the left wing in the US is markedly different from traditional left wing politics. Traditional left politics are about class and capitalism (being fundamentally derived from Marx), the mainstream US left seems almost entirely derived from intersectional feminism and critical theory. I'm aware that the US does also have traditional left-wingers like Bernie Sanders, but most of the attention goes to the intersectional form.
- Mediterraneo10 5y agoIndeed. Western European leftism of recent decades has largely been the legacy of May 1968 (and its failure). What is noteworthy about the ideological debates of May 1968 is what they were not about: no interest in trans rights – even gay liberation and a new wave of feminism were only dawning at the time – and racial conflicts were not understood in the same way as they currently are in the USA. Thus not only does American leftwing politics have a distinctive set of concerns, but it is even imported into Europe as a new kind of leftwing politics different from the old. (And it is a bit surreal to see the occasional suggestion that people dedicated to the May 1968 ideals are "fascist", when that whole movement saw itself as a battle against fascism.)