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Warren and Sanders are centrists. Centre-right and centre-left respectively.
by lucian1900 5y ago
Warren and Sanders are centrists. Centre-right and centre-left respectively.
- deburo 5y agoWarren labeled a centrist is pretty rich considering she keeps yelling at clouds about corporate greed (her explanation for inflation)
- lucian1900 5y agoThat’s what centrists tend to say, yes. Compromise between capitalists and workers. Someone on the left might speak about trade unions, collectivising industry, arming workers, etc.
- deburo 5y agohttps://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/elizabeth-warren/ https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-t... Is that center right?
- lucian1900 5y agoYes, quite literally Bonapartist compromise between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
- nailer 5y agoCompromise between business owners and workers. Workers are often capitalists. But yes that’s correct.
- lucian1900 5y agoCapitalists, otherwise known as the bourgeoisie, make money from owning capital. Workers, otherwise known as the proletariat, make money from their own labour. Workers are by definition not capitalists.
- nailer 5y agoNo, people that support the concept of being compensated in response to the value they bring, ie capitalism, are capitalists. Including most proletariats.
- Wiseacre 5y agoLeftists are more about dismantling capitalism and legalizing all drugs. Disliking corporate greed is not a left/right or political position, but a moral one. Wouldn't you say the same about other types of greed?
- JaimeThompson 5y agoWell it is a bit strange that corporate profits are at record highs and CxO's keep talking about how they are driving increased prices on their investor calls during a time of record inflation.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoI'm pretty sure sanders is the most left of all the dems. The rest of them were more center-left. If he's center left, then which dem is the farthest left?
- lucian1900 5y agoSanders, maybe AOC. There are no US Democrats further left than that. You do have far-left organisations in the US, though. There's the CPUSA and the PSL, for example. Just because electoral politics in a particular country lack one end of the spectrum doesn't mean the spectrum doesn't exist.
- s_m_t 5y agoLeft and right are relative, obviously. If we go according to the original definition of being opposed to the ancient regime in France then that would make essentially the entire United States decidedly left-wing. That isn't very useful.
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