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0 pointsvirgildotcodes3d ago0 comments

We’ve gotta add American Liberals, majority of Democratic Party to the list. The Sanders faction is unfortunately not yet the prevailing force.

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Danox3d ago

At the very top, yes and unfortunately many workers on both sides of the fence run interference/collaborate for those at the top it’s one of reasons the Molly Maguire‘s never win or rarely win for too long.

culi3d ago

Around the world "liberal" is synonymous with "capitalist". US is pretty unique in that it considers liberalism a leftwing ideology

overfeed3d ago

Left/Right alignment is relative, and the American political center is...where it is, and has been drifting rightward since Bill Clinton's "Third Way".

ThrowawayR23d ago

No longer true; the left wing in the U.S. started splitting from the liberals over a decade ago and that's more or less complete at this point.

virgildotcodesOP3d ago

Yeah for sure, speaking purely on the American common framing of big L Liberals as akin to social liberals rather than classical/economic liberals.

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