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> a block of right-wing parties. The large part are funded by large companies and make laws which favour them. Same thing as in the US. You need to be mad to t
by philipallstar 2mo ago
> a block of right-wing parties. The large part are funded by large companies and make laws which favour them. Same thing as in the US.
You need to be mad to think it's the right wing parties in the US who get the most funding. E.g. [0]
> The Biden—now Harris—campaign committee raised $997.2 million and Trump’s campaign committee raised $388 million in total between Jan. 2023 and Oct. 16, 2024, the most recent date for which Federal Election Commission filings are available
[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/11/04/trump-vs-harris-fundraising-race-harris-outraised-trump-3-to-1-with-last-pre-election-report https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/11/04/trump-v...
- tovej 2mo agoDemocrats are also right wing. A liberal is on the right. The DSA is the closest to a left wing party you have in the US. They would be center left in northern european countries.
- philipallstar 2mo ago[flagged]
- radicalbyte 2mo agoMight want to take a look at the news channels you're following as none of them describe the Democrats, outside a bit of performative "socially left" things (like keeping the government out of bedrooms - though as a libertarian I don't consider it a "left" issue at all, more a basic freedom).
- radicalbyte 2mo agoThe two main US parties are firmly right wing, although the Democrats do have a small number of centralist (like Bernie) and centre-left people (though I dunno if any are actually in the Congress).