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Looking in from the outside, it looks like the Democrats are 50% centric and 50% leftist. Not sure where else you would put Bernie and friends if not "leftist".
by efdee 5y ago
Looking in from the outside, it looks like the Democrats are 50% centric and 50% leftist. Not sure where else you would put Bernie and friends if not "leftist".
- ceejayoz 5y agoThere's a somewhat leftist portion of the Democrats, but Bernie's signature positions - a public option for healthcare, parental leave, free college, etc. - are the sort of stuff that are table stakes in Europe, even for the center-right parties.
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- nebula8804 5y agoIf the Democrats were 50% Left then Bernie would be president right now. I would count less than 10 people as real Left wing in the party. The qualifier should be do they actively push for progressive values? Because if they just join the progressive caucus that does not mean anything if they don't actually do anything to promote progressive causes. Speaking as someone who volunteered for multiple real progressive candidates across the country: The Democratic party leadership absolutely despises the real Left wing of their party. They don't want them but need their votes. They will continue to do everything to undermine them. There is no left party, just a far right corporatist party and a centrist corporatist party. Thats all.
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