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In San Francisco, the Democratic politicians are most certainly on the left, even the "moderate" wing. Look at candidate statements from any of the past decade
by xvedejas 4y ago
In San Francisco, the Democratic politicians are most certainly on the left, even the "moderate" wing. Look at candidate statements from any of the past decade of elections for any city-wide position, and find us anything that sounds right-wing from a top candidate, if you think otherwise.
- kevviiinn 4y agoI'm very aware of US politicians, what I'm saying is that people who think they're leftists are entirely wrong. There are no leftist US politicians, they are all right wing capitalists. All democrats, with the exception of maybe Bernie sanders, are center right or far right. If you think US politicians are leftists then you have too local of a perspective, in time and space. The spectrum is far bigger than you seem to comprehend
- xvedejas 4y agoI used to consider myself a supporter of Sanders, and even thinking from that perspective ... no, you clearly have no clue about the state of political rhetoric in San Francisco over the last decade.
- kevviiinn 4y agoFeel free to enlighten me, I'm happy to read whatever links you post
- xvedejas 4y agoI recommend you look at each member of the SF board of supervisors (https://sfbos.org/ https://sfbos.org/, each member has a descriptive blurb if you click on their name), and if you can find their campaign websites as well, it will give you a view into what politics and policies the city politicians publicly support. I would certainly expect you might not find them far-left, as you seem steadfastly far-left yourself, but I guarantee you'll not find one right-of-center thing. They also all have twitter accounts if you _really_ need more of an idea of their rhetoric.
- kevviiinn 4y agoMost of those policies in their bios I would describe as neoliberal. There's one only who describes himself as a "democratic socialist" but as I've seen from the rest of american politics that actually doesn't mean a whole lot without action
- kortilla 4y agoYou seem to have fallen into the trap of assuming San Francisco politicians have any relationship to the Democratic Party at the national level.
- dragonwriter 4y agoThe most recent Democratic Speaker of the House is a San Francisco politician. The current Democratic Vice President of the United States is a San Francisco politician. The Democrat who has been engaging in national political media battles with the second-ranked contender for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2024 is a San Francisco politician (also, Governor of California.) There may be some reason to see a connection between San Francisco politicians and the Democratic Party at the national level.
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- kortilla 4y ago> The most recent Democratic Speaker of the House is a San Francisco politician. >The current Democratic Vice President of the United States is a San Francisco politician. No on both counts. Nancy Pelosi has had nothing to do with San Francisco politics for the last 40 years. “Federal politician who lives in San Francisco” != “San Francisco politician”.