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[+] -13 points 1 month ago (10 children)

If you believe democrats are a right wing party you're delusional... Could they be more left? yes, but they're hardly right wing...if they were, republicans wouldn't vilify them quite as much...

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago

    That seems wrong. They're the only other major party, Republicans have to go after Democrats regardless of how close they are on whatever specific issues. Otherwise who else would they run against?

    But also, if you think Republicans are acting reasonably in the first place...

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Objectively they are a right wing party, you are a right wing country, nothing overtly left wing is allowed to exist. You might have a handful of policies that are vaguely reminiscent of left wing policies, but the reality is you have a right wing party and an extremely right wing party.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago

    NYC's mayor Mamdani is probably the single biggest step forward... If he can make it work, and demonstrate that it works, it's going to be easier to advocate across the country. That being said, NYC has a HUGE tax revenue base that most places don't have. it's easy to have all the public programs when you have the tax base to pay for it... Shithole Arkansas is not going to be able to pull that off... There aren't enough millionaires to tax to pay the bill.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Come on, you know the democrats are constantly trying republican lite plateforms. Then say ‘see I’m not as crazy as them!’

    It’s like you didn’t read the article at all, the point is yes, MAGAts are awful, but they are temporary. If we allow the dnc to abandon people then there is nobody for those people.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    in European politics they would be considered right wing. in USA I guess they should count more as centrist

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  • [+] -6 points 1 month ago

    They are centrist in the US...but the way our system is built makes it a 2-party system by default... Until we get either ranked-choice-voting nationwide or a complete remake into a parlimentary system, it's not going to change.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    if they were, republicans wouldn’t vilify them quite as much…

    Yes they would and they do. Republicans are are podophilic cannibals who would eat their way through their mother's belly if they had teeth as foetuses. They don't care. If you have a D then you are their enemy.

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