inclementimmigrantDemocratic Leaders Face Backlash Over 'Cowardly' Responses to Trump War on Iran
TropicalDingdongI mean they are litterally breaking a momentum for a blue wave which has never ever been at the scale this one the potential for.
With good leadership Dems could be heading into something so big the Republicans wouldn’t be able to to come back.
But instead weve got these two
Tempus FugitIt’s hard not to look at them as controlled opposition.
svelteciderThey’re on the same team (capital).
What the US call left-wing and right-wing, a sane political spectrum calls center-right and extreme-far-right
ClassStruggleIts no where near center right, center on the scale doesn’t move, just the parties. Dems haven’t been center right in decades
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The man on the right says to the man of the left, “Take a step towards me and we will meet in the middle”
The man on the left says “In the spirit of bipartisanship, of course I will” and takes a step towards the man on the right.
The man on the right takes a step back, smiles and says “Take a step towards me and we will meet in the middle.”
Luminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]Nah, Bernie and AOC are center-right. The average dem is far-right. It’s a conservative party.
I had a typo, Dems haven’t been center right for decades. They’ve been far right for years
TheKingBombOmbKillerIn which country are you imagining Bernie and AOC fitting right in with a self proclaimed center-right party?
This may come as a shock to you, but things like universal healthcare aren’t far left policies in normal countries.
Liberals in the US would be conservatives anywhere else. AOC and Bernie are just normal liberals. They wouldn’t even be considered progressive in most NATO countries. The US has a skewed political system because it has always been a right-wing government that, at the very best of times, bordered on fascist.
This is not the best of times.
I live in such a country, and have no problem with imagining Bernie and AOC joining our leftist parties. The Socialist Left Party, the Green Party and the Red Party have policies and visions similar that match what Bernie and AOC is pushing. There are parts of the parties that could be described to the left of Bernie and AOC, but to claim that they belong in the Conservative Party is pretty silly, even if the Conservative Party is pro universal health care.
I didn’t say Bernie and AOC belong in the conservative party. You didn’t understand what I wrote. I would encourage you to read it again.
The US, despite their rhetoric their actions are aligned with the rest of the DNC, a far right wing party
More like (not so) good cop, and (psychopatically) bad cop.
Absolutely. I’m really at my limit of the whole blue no matter who bullshit after this round of elections and capitulation.
You should still vote blue if all else was equal but you should probably try and get people out in the primaries so your choice of blue is actually useful.
I think Americans should be way more interested in their primaries than the actual election but they don’t seem to be.
I agree. That’s where they make the biggest mistakes; not participating in the primaries and the elections which appoint local and state officials.
Its the same for both the centrists and the further left; they have this pitched battle with each other and whine about the final candidate who isn’t changing, but they did nothing about that earlier.
They’ll tell you the system is rigged, yet they’ll watch droves of Republicans do just this and get their horrible people in.
They’ve been doing this shit for years too, that and elect lunatics.
explodicleLocal and representative primaries sure. What happened to Bernie Sanders in 2016 severely damaged the credibility of presidential “Democratic” Party primaries.
They still haven’t had a real primary since then. Its been coin flips and appointments since then.
Kamala Harris (before the election): Iran is America’s greatest adversary.
Also Kamala Harris (before the election): She wants America to have the most “lethal” military. Not the most powerful, effective, advanced, or strongest. Specifically “lethal.”
They said they don’t want to be opposition. They’re literally a right-wing party. Any of their policies would be considered conservative anywhere else.