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[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 88 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Republicans are the Fascist Party, Democrats are the Conservative Party; Dem Soc are the moderate party. We don’t have a left party in the US.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I would just like to state that most Americans have no idea what the difference between a liberal and leftist is. When you say you're a liberal, they think you're a leftist. When you say you're a leftist, they think you're a leftist. The conflation will always be there, given the history of the US and decades of the usage of the conflation in everyday American language.

Edit Addendum: it doesn't help that liberals/democratic establishment are somewhat more """"""""""left"""""""""" of the conservatives/Republicans, which is why liberals are grouped with the "left" in the US. It also doesn't help that the "left", who would be more accurately known as that grouping of socialists, communists, anarchists, and every other small or large anti-capitalist and or progressive political identity group, just call themselves "the left" or "leftist", playing into the idea that one's politics can be quickly understood by pointing to the linear spectrum of "right" and "left", as if these broad and false dichotomies fit reality to a tee or some shit.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (4 children)
[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Only party I support at this point.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Chinese funded militants? Hard fucking pass, China's everything wrong with the USA and then some.

[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They have yet to field a successful candidate for public office; imma stick to the dem socialists for now

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Our goal is not to change the system from within. Feel free to engage with DSA candidates and politics, I do too sometimes but I also understand that their influence is limited in scope and I should engage with revolutionary politics as well.

[–] renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

.ml user detected, opinion disregarded

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Blinding yourself to the opinions of those who disagree with you is a great way to learn and grow 👍

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Why don't you go learn and grow on an infinite AI Slop feed. After all, no information can be detrimental, right?

[–] Pandasdontfly@slrpnk.net -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your favorite flavor of boot is red, no thanks.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Only when it steps on the throats of the bourgeois ❤️

[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do you know where the funding for PSL cones from?

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Me, my comrades, and Neville Singham who I am relatively cool with. Class traitors of that variety are too uncommon

[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 0 points 3 days ago

Ok cool, as long as you’re aware. I’m definitely in favor of revolution; but Mr Singham is a bit too pro-Beijing for me. I’d rather not swap one kind of authoritarian for another

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You don’t have to have a party for an ideology to exist.

[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

True, but it’s hard to get elected to office without a party

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 days ago

an ideology doesn’t need to get elected to office to exist.

(Especially ideologies who see the state as illegitimate, say anarchism)

It's a good thing that that's not what they said, then.