Hold on to your butts.

    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Idk man. I have always lumped left / democrat / liberal together, and right / conservative together

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        Democrats in the US are centre-right. “Normal” Mitt Romney/GWB Republicans are far right. The current GOP is, without a drop of hyperbole, full-on fascist.

        There is not any leftist political coalition to speak of in the US. Bernie Sanders is about as extreme as they come in the US- and he’s maybe center-left at his most extreme.

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          Bernie Sanders is about as extreme as they come in the US- and he’s maybe center-left at his most extreme.

          This is based on policies he pushes for, right? I always got the impression he would push as far left as possible, which with today’s democrats means “center left at best”.