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Biden reportedly regrets ending re-election campaign and says he’d have defeated Trump
(www.theguardian.com)
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How dare they be against centrism's defining policy?
I've taken a few weeks away from Lemmy since the election and now apparently the dems are centrist?
You have a 2 party system. Of which one is the most conservative and one is the most progressive. The more often you elect the more progressive party the more progressive both parties will become.
To suggest that both parties are too conservative is patently absurd and speaks of a complete lack of understanding of your political system.
Now? They spent the past year supporting genocide. That is not and will never be a progressive policy. Don't lie about progressives to make genocide supporters look good.
You simply don't have much of a grasp on American politics if characterizing the Democrats as centrist seems inappropriate. Republicans haven't been on some long term winning streak to push them right. Power's been flipping back and forth in roughly equal proportion. Their base has just radicalized and their politicians move with them. The same people who were anti-Trump in 2016 are now MAGA cheerleaders. The party of "compassionate conservatism" (not really compassionate, but wanting to be seen as such) has turned hard right and embraces antagonistic and crude politics.
Only one party has tried to capture the center in the last decade, and they've lost 2/3 elections.