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I've seen those terms redefined so many times that now I think right-wing and left-wing don't mean anything really, outside the context of US politics.
by notpushkin 4y ago
I've seen those terms redefined so many times that now I think right-wing and left-wing don't mean anything really, outside the context of US politics.
- philliphaydon 4y agoI feel like left wing/right wing is basically now defined as “if you don’t believe in what I believe in then you’re right wing and wrong”
- ghostDancer 4y agoDefending social healthcare left wing - Promoting private healthcare right wing. In this case it's not that difficult.
- crote 4y agoInterestingly, right-wing . left-wing is usually defined specifically for the European political spectrum. The United States has a liberal - conservative divide, but it is vastly different from what we see in Europe. If anything, left/right does not mean anything in the US due to the radically different Overton window. As a European, I would consider the Democrat party to be right-wing. If you want left-wing, you have to go as far as Sanders or AOC.
- orwin 4y agoAnd even then, Sanders and AOC are 'third way' left, like Blair, DSK and Holland (who is left of the two others, but still). At most center-left.