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On a lot of things, universal health care, how strongly they are in favor of nuclear disarmament, gun control, etc. Remember President Biden is the head of the

On a lot of things, universal health care, how strongly they are in favor of nuclear disarmament, gun control, etc. Remember President Biden is the head of the Democratic Party, And the US itself has been pushed further to the right by a conservative dominated supreme court. Here's the 2021 Labor party platform https://alp.org.au/media/2594/2021-alp-national-platform-final-endorsed-platform.pdf https://alp.org.au/media/2594/2021-alp-national-platform-fin... Here's the 2020 Democratic Party platform https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/2020-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdf https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/202...

Jedd 5y ago
Okay, so there's 249 pages of policy to read and then correlate, which is a bit beyond me. > ... universal health care, how strongly they are in favor of nuclear disarmament, gun control, etc As I understand it, US Democrats are keen on those three, and in Australia, we've already embraced all of those. Are you suggesting there's a policy mis-match, or that one of the two groups leans even more strongly towards these principles than the other group? Either way, I'm not sure how this strongly differentiates them. > ... the US itself has been pushed further to the right by a conservative dominated supreme court. The USA's supreme court arrangement is indeed a curious artefact, for those of us outside its domain. AFAICT it's been 'pushed' in one direction by political appointees in the previous presidents' term.
- lsiebert 5y ago
  While many Democrats do support it, Biden doesn't support medicare for all.
  - Jedd 5y ago
    Sure, and that's objectively a weird position to take for someone who appears to be as empathetic as he is. But it (as you observe) does not reflect 'the party policies' - simply the current elected leader. And while that's obviously important, it doesn't necessarily define policy of either party of (current) administration. The fact it's at odds with what the majority of the rest of the party would advocate speaks to my earlier claim / question.

Jedd 5y ago

Okay, so there's 249 pages of policy to read and then correlate, which is a bit beyond me. > ... universal health care, how strongly they are in favor of nuclear disarmament, gun control, etc As I understand it, US Democrats are keen on those three, and in Australia, we've already embraced all of those. Are you suggesting there's a policy mis-match, or that one of the two groups leans even more strongly towards these principles than the other group? Either way, I'm not sure how this strongly differentiates them. > ... the US itself has been pushed further to the right by a conservative dominated supreme court. The USA's supreme court arrangement is indeed a curious artefact, for those of us outside its domain. AFAICT it's been 'pushed' in one direction by political appointees in the previous presidents' term.

lsiebert 5y ago
While many Democrats do support it, Biden doesn't support medicare for all.
- Jedd 5y ago
  Sure, and that's objectively a weird position to take for someone who appears to be as empathetic as he is. But it (as you observe) does not reflect 'the party policies' - simply the current elected leader. And while that's obviously important, it doesn't necessarily define policy of either party of (current) administration. The fact it's at odds with what the majority of the rest of the party would advocate speaks to my earlier claim / question.