Overrepresented may not be correct, the majority of the english speaking world is far to the left of the US. Even the US population is like 60-70% left leaning, it’s just that the left has lower voter participation rates.
Even the US population is like 60-70% left leaning, it’s just that the left has lower voter participation rates.
Left leaning vs leftist is a much higher bar and I’d wager under 20% of the US (voting) population is leftist. That’s just based on my memory of how few leftist representatives we have in congress… Far from an exact science.
I am definitely a liberal, but I’m by no means a leftist.
This used to be true, but I don’t think it is anymore. Or at least my perception is that some parts of the american left are way leftier than the europeans left are.
Being in so close proximity to the obvious evil of communist regimes might have something to do with it.
What’s changed is people’s outspokenness about their political views.
The American Left, on average, would be considered well in the middle of the right in most of the world. This has resulted in “far left” in the US encompassing everything from global centrism to far left extremism. As such, using the term is pretty pointless without adding enough context so others know what is included.
The problem with American Democrats is they want to fight “Fair.” Something to do with “Principles.” That’s all admirable and noble, and shit, but when your opponent is depending on that to punch you in the back of the head when you turn around, it’s extremely stupid. And they keep making the same mistake, over and over and over. Republican politicians don’t care about fairness, or morals, or ethics, or common decency. They care about winning. And they would throw their own mothers to the wolves to do it, and be proud of it if it meant victory. Kindness is weakness, cruelty is funny, and empathy and compassion is for women and pussies.
When are they going to wake up and realize that Lucy is always, always going to yank the ball before the kick? For those of you too young to get the reference:
Not everyone. But it’s definitely very overrepresented here, including some large communities of extremists that I don’t typically see elsewhere.
Overrepresented may not be correct, the majority of the english speaking world is far to the left of the US. Even the US population is like 60-70% left leaning, it’s just that the left has lower voter participation rates.
Left leaning vs leftist is a much higher bar and I’d wager under 20% of the US (voting) population is leftist. That’s just based on my memory of how few leftist representatives we have in congress… Far from an exact science.
I am definitely a liberal, but I’m by no means a leftist.
This used to be true, but I don’t think it is anymore. Or at least my perception is that some parts of the american left are way leftier than the europeans left are.
Being in so close proximity to the obvious evil of communist regimes might have something to do with it.
There are no communist regimes…
Both Russia and China are authoritarian dictatorships operating on a semblance of oligarchy controlled capitalism at this point.
Not at the moment (especially Russia, who doesn’t even claim to be), but they definitely were in the past.
Uh, fuck Putin. Find a better job, tovarisch.
What’s changed is people’s outspokenness about their political views.
The American Left, on average, would be considered well in the middle of the right in most of the world. This has resulted in “far left” in the US encompassing everything from global centrism to far left extremism. As such, using the term is pretty pointless without adding enough context so others know what is included.
The problem with American Democrats is they want to fight “Fair.” Something to do with “Principles.” That’s all admirable and noble, and shit, but when your opponent is depending on that to punch you in the back of the head when you turn around, it’s extremely stupid. And they keep making the same mistake, over and over and over. Republican politicians don’t care about fairness, or morals, or ethics, or common decency. They care about winning. And they would throw their own mothers to the wolves to do it, and be proud of it if it meant victory. Kindness is weakness, cruelty is funny, and empathy and compassion is for women and pussies.
When are they going to wake up and realize that Lucy is always, always going to yank the ball before the kick? For those of you too young to get the reference:
https://www.cracked.com/article_37831_good-grief-how-lucy-pulling-the-football-away-from-charlie-brown-became-a-signature-peanuts-gag.html
Left leaning Americans are still on the right compared to most countries.