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Maybe you're right, probably this is really just a matter of perspective and personal opinion of what "left" and "right" mean All I know is that for a lot of p

Maybe you're right, probably this is really just a matter of perspective and personal opinion of what "left" and "right" mean All I know is that for a lot of people that I've spoken to they used to vote for leftist parties, and now they think those parties don't represent what they want anymore The reason you never see anyone offer support for this is because of cancel culture, by the way. People are not going to state publicly which of their beliefs or opinions disagree with the current cultural shifts because large groups of people have proven they will target you, try to get you fired, try to get SWAT called to your house, and other such stuff There is no upside to sharing potentially volatile political beliefs and some pretty serious potential downside And yes, a lot of that behavior is coming from people with very vocal leftist attitudes

poulsbohemian 3y ago
>they used to vote for leftist parties, and now they think those parties don't represent what they want anymore Ah! It could be we are talking about slightly different demographic groups here… Gen Z types are not happy with the Democrats because they don’t see them as progressive enough. That is a real problem, and I suspect what could happen over the next decade is a party split like what’s happening in the Republicans - something like has already happened in Germany between SPD and Greens. In Germany, progressives 40+ still mostly vote SPD; their kids vote green. I see the same thing happening with democrats- my generation will mostly remain with the Ds, the younger people are less partisan and don’t understand why parties exist and thus they are eager for something different.