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By that logic, FDR was so far left he broke the scale! In the… 30s. And yet he was considered then (and now) as less socialist / more politically to the right
by bradchris 4y ago
By that logic, FDR was so far left he broke the scale! In the… 30s.
And yet he was considered then (and now) as less socialist / more politically to the right than many leaders in Europe at the time.
He was our most progressive president, and certainly further left than any US president since, but even he wasn’t “far left.” And certainly the neoliberal gerontocracy that dominates the current democratic party is nowhere near as left as he was.
- schiffern 4y agoI don't agree with his theory, but I also don't think it's a coincidence his "history" only extends back so far. https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
- coding123 4y agoI encourage you to test it out. Ask people: What is your favorite decade? What political party were you associated with IN that decade - be honest? What political party are you now?
- schiffern 4y agoI think you're commenting on real trends (economic and political) in the ongoing post-Reaganomics/post-Thatcherism era However, you greatly overstate your case by saying an individual person's politics can be "revealed" "just" based on that alone, or that the difference between parties is "just" equivalent to two decades. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/706889 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/706889 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/wbna46057552 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/wbna46057552