return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhy do they say "there's no true Left in the US"?message-squaremessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy do they say "there's no true Left in the US"?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square237fedilink
minus-squareTheMurphy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWell, that’s not true. We say it because both US parties are very similar, and both of them are very right leaning compared to the rest of the western world. It also indicates that’s there’s no democracy in the US, because there’s only really one choice.
minus-squareneatchee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months ago… One is far right, the other is far left. When you’re talking about the political spectrum, which is what this post is covering, it’s absolutely true. I thought it was pretty obvious I wasn’t saying they are literal opposites in all contexts
minus-squareazimir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWhich major US party is far left (on a global political scale)? I must have missed them somehow. Our Overton Window is crazy right at this point.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThere is no far left mainstream political party in the US.
Well, that’s not true.
We say it because both US parties are very similar, and both of them are very right leaning compared to the rest of the western world.
It also indicates that’s there’s no democracy in the US, because there’s only really one choice.
… One is far right, the other is far left. When you’re talking about the political spectrum, which is what this post is covering, it’s absolutely true.
I thought it was pretty obvious I wasn’t saying they are literal opposites in all contexts
Which major US party is far left (on a global political scale)? I must have missed them somehow.
Our Overton Window is crazy right at this point.
There is no far left mainstream political party in the US.