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> It’s not, it’s only the far-left’s desire Bernie Sanders (since you're presumably talking about the US) doesn't even support open immigration or H-1Bs, let a
by nozzlegear 4mo ago
> It’s not, it’s only the far-left’s desire
Bernie Sanders (since you're presumably talking about the US) doesn't even support open immigration or H-1Bs, let alone open borders.
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- loeg 4mo agoBernie isn't the only member of the left and has positions that are a little idiosyncratic among that group; this is one area where he diverges.
- mondrian 4mo agoStructurally speaking, being left and pro-open borders is incoherent. The left is about collective power controlling labor supply and using it to tamp down corporate overreach. Open borders and H1B that allow corporations to side-step local worker bargaining power are squarely antithetical to being Left. I think 'liberal progressives' that are mainly concerned with identity representation, not working class power, are rhetorically bundled as 'far-left'. To people who buy that, Bernie Sanders (a Leftist) and Kamala Harris (a Third Way liberal progressive) are both far-left. It's incoherent but rhetorically potent.
- saghm 4mo agoI'm not sure I've heard anyone claim that Harris is "far left" (other than people arguing against her during an active campaign, which doesn't really say much)
- fastball 4mo agoPerfectly encapsulating how silly it is that so many posters in this thread are trying to make immigration policy a left vs right thing.
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- jimbokun 4mo agoWell certainly the two US political parties associated with “left” and “right” certainly have very different immigration policies.
- fastball 4mo agoIndeed, but the posturing/behavior of the USA's two, not-particularly-diverse political parties should probably not define the meaning of the words "left" and "right" (in a political context). There is more to politics than Democrats and Republicans.