▲ 1185 ▼ French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by Womble@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 236 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* (1 child) We don't really have a 'left' here, unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] III@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) relative left permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) We only have "centrists". There's no 'left' for them to work with. The democrats do everything they can to keep anyone remotely leftist from being elected within their party, and to maintain the political duopoly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) This perspective really bugs me. The terms left and right are relative. It's absolutely fine that the dems are not as far left as you would like, but they are still your left of center major party. The more elections they win, the more the whole spectrum moves to the left. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago That's fine, but this comment thread is about centrists and the left working together to defeat the right. There is either no political left, or there is no political center. The democrats are already all united. It just isn't really analogous to a parliamentary system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] III@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) relative left permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) We only have "centrists". There's no 'left' for them to work with. The democrats do everything they can to keep anyone remotely leftist from being elected within their party, and to maintain the political duopoly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) This perspective really bugs me. The terms left and right are relative. It's absolutely fine that the dems are not as far left as you would like, but they are still your left of center major party. The more elections they win, the more the whole spectrum moves to the left. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago That's fine, but this comment thread is about centrists and the left working together to defeat the right. There is either no political left, or there is no political center. The democrats are already all united. It just isn't really analogous to a parliamentary system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) We only have "centrists". There's no 'left' for them to work with. The democrats do everything they can to keep anyone remotely leftist from being elected within their party, and to maintain the political duopoly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) This perspective really bugs me. The terms left and right are relative. It's absolutely fine that the dems are not as far left as you would like, but they are still your left of center major party. The more elections they win, the more the whole spectrum moves to the left. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago That's fine, but this comment thread is about centrists and the left working together to defeat the right. There is either no political left, or there is no political center. The democrats are already all united. It just isn't really analogous to a parliamentary system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) This perspective really bugs me. The terms left and right are relative. It's absolutely fine that the dems are not as far left as you would like, but they are still your left of center major party. The more elections they win, the more the whole spectrum moves to the left. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago That's fine, but this comment thread is about centrists and the left working together to defeat the right. There is either no political left, or there is no political center. The democrats are already all united. It just isn't really analogous to a parliamentary system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago That's fine, but this comment thread is about centrists and the left working together to defeat the right. There is either no political left, or there is no political center. The democrats are already all united. It just isn't really analogous to a parliamentary system. permalink fedilink source parent