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It's crazy how far left liberalism has been pushed these past few years. Just as crazy as how far right conservatism has moved over the past couple decades. Thi
by namlem 11y ago
It's crazy how far left liberalism has been pushed these past few years. Just as crazy as how far right conservatism has moved over the past couple decades. This extreme polarization is very worrying. It's not stable, and it's going to lead to serious problems.
- Balgair 11y agoMeh. It's always been there. It's just that the internet has allowed us to see it better. Also, this definition of 'far' left or right (at least here in the states) is not all that far, historically speaking. Far right would be a return to religious law, banning of contraception, a return to a theocracy, etc. There are countries like that, and we view them as nuts and places you dont want to live in. Far left would be a total communist state (I think) and we all know those are equally as bad. Yet, people do live, love, have families, die, fight for, and defend those countries. Something else must be going on, right? Again, there is a trap of viewing politics as a 1-D continuum. Granted this is better than a 1-D binary, but politics has as many dimensions as there are people, if not more. We all have opinions, or have the idea that our ideas are not important. What is most important is that we VOTE. If we think these people are too far right or left, the best way to do something about that is to VOTE and participate in your community. https://www.opencongress.org/people/zipcodelookup https://www.opencongress.org/people/zipcodelookup http://www.civiced.org/resources/curriculum/lesson-plans/456-how-can-citizens-participate http://www.civiced.org/resources/curriculum/lesson-plans/456... https://www.gop.com/get-involved/ https://www.gop.com/get-involved/ https://www.democrats.org/projects https://www.democrats.org/projects and many more.