1/11
Democrats are NOT left of center and believing this is political Stockholm syndrome.
Our “far-left” (Bernie/Squad) are firmly centrist when compared to the rest of the world’s liberal democracies.
Universal healthcare, for example, is a purely centrist position everywhere else.
2/11
Basic social programs to prevent mass death, poverty, and starvation are what the rest of the world rightly understands as the most basic functions of a government.
The U.S. is an oligarchy with a singular mission to maintain the world economy at any human cost.
Grow up pls.
3/11
Dems certainly lean left, towards the center, but they also emphatically support the oligarchy and corporatism at the expense of workers, because the fundamental Dem belief is that a “better economy” helps everybody, even if that economy is foundationally anti-labor.
4/11
very weak shyt
5/11
Seriously though, if we had a far-left party in this country, it would be advocating for forced property seizure and a 100% wealth tax.
Our “far-left” goals are for citizens not to die in medical poverty, and for our children to be able to eat lunch every day.
Come on.
6/11
Like, for the love of God grow the fukk up.
7/11
You have a child’s understanding of politics. If Bernie’s such a centrist why do none of the centrists like him? The dude went on a damn honeymoon tour in a communist country and praised its dictator.
8/11
Because they're right-wing you fukking dunce, read the thread using more than once braincell.
9/11
Jules this is the same singular misleading outlier example you guys always use. If you actually make a fair effort to look across issues without rigging the comparison there's no clear way to place America as clearly more rightist or leftist than the rest of the developed world.
10/11
Really? Find me a center-right party in Europe that is half as progressive on Social Issues and LGBTQ+ rights as the Democratic Party?
11/11
The vast majority of other countries' "universal healthcare" programs look almost exactly like ours, not like Medicare-for-All.
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