Comment on Why isn’t "Democrats would never get away with this" seen as a problem for the left?”

NachBarcelona@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  We’ve been told for generations that the Democrats are “left”, so many people have accepted it as truth. Repetition is powerful, especially when it’s been going on since before you were born, and your parents and grandparents believe it, too.

  Not enough of us realize that Democrats aren’t “left”; they’re just not as obviously, painfully “right” as Republicans.

  I hate our two-party system.

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• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Define left.

  If it’s ‘not republican’ than the Democrats are it. If it’s ‘socialist values’ than no, that’s considered fringe politics.

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  • NachBarcelona@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Left politics generally supports
    social change, equality, and greater government intervention in the economy to help the marginalized, often favoring progress over tradition, and is associated with values like social justice, workers’ rights, and expanded public services.

    I hope that helps.

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    • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The right also supports all that. It’s just disagree about who should benefit and what the government should intervene about.

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