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What do you believe that most people of your political creed don't? (lemmy.ml)
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Just wanted to prove that political diversity ain't dead. Remember, don't downvote for disagreements.

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[โ€“] 9 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Leftism is unpopular by definition, especially to the privileged classes. Leftism seeks to upend the status quo, and loss aversion is a problem.

Not that efforts can't be made.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Where in the definition of leftism is it said that leftism is unpopular?

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago

    Leftism is unpopular by definition

    This really depends how you define "leftism".

    If you mean 'whichever side of politics is left of the population's center' then sure, it can't be a majority.

    If you mean 'whichever side of politics is left of the political center' then that doesn't imply it's unpopular, and there's direct electoral evidence of 'left' parties achieving a majority government.

    If you mean socialism and communism, they certainly aren't unpopular by definition. If anything, their definition makes them a mass movement of the proletariat, the vast majority of a post-industrial society.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    How it's possible that the political movement that aim for the benefits of the 99% is unpopular by definition?

    Identity politics may be unpopular by definition, but not leftism.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

    Because the status quo throughout history is an extremely small number of people getting the most benefits by far and everyone else getting screwed, and everyone seeing this as normal. People are used to it, while having everyone on relatively equal footing is new and therefore scary.

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