Comment on do you remember a time when societies were so polarized and shifted so much to the right like today? How long did it last?

adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The problem is they’ll always be shitty fascists who think they should be in charge of everything.

  And the majority of people only realize how bad that is when they lived thru it.

  For an enduring free society, it needs to be a foundational belief that everyone is equal and has basic inalienable rights…

  And before anyone says we tried that, their “everyone” was just “white landowning men”.

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  • madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The problem is that the left, progressives, whatever… are usually more open minded and liberal so they bicker and find nuance in EVERYTHING. Which is nice… But also a massive weakness when it comes to building strong coalitions.

    The left is endlessly sub dividing… each group gate keeping harder than the previous… each one more white knighting than the previous with endless, useless infighting.

    Meanwhile the right is like “brown people are to blame for everything!”

    “Sounds, good here’s my vote…”

    😐

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    • barbedbeard@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A big part of the left was just anti government, when the left got to be government that part broke away. The right got back with the obsession of staying in power. I believe that’s how the left lost so many votes. Not that they do wrong, they just lost numbers.

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