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american believing they have a left, Center left is the extreme end of the left in america, theres no lefter than that. most of them are on center right.
There is no far left political party but there are plenty of people who are far left. Yes, even by the European standards of the left.
We have two viable political parties.
Fascist extremists and their enablers. Vote blue no matter who, so maybe the fascists won't come for you.
We have leftists with no one to vote for, shut out of politics by liberal NIMBYs who want good things to happen, they just don't want to see them. More concerned about the value of their house than the value of human life. We have extreme leftists, they're just not allowed to participate. And as of yet, none of them exist in enough numbers in the same place to start throwing Molotovs
I'm sure there's an actual Left in the USA, but it's not covered by any of the big parties.
Are you from one of the countries where the far right was just named most popular? If not, I'll throw a "yet" in, because you talk like someone who lets perfection get in the way of not sees.
Truthfully, do you think voting for the less evil is a better course of action than directly addressing an issue? If the Rs say "deport all non-whites" and the Ds say "deport non-whites with records", do you really think we should vote for the lesser evil instead of stopping the racist deportations?
If chipping away at shit works one way it works the other. Nobody is shifting the pendulum in massive strokes overnight. And so you accept things that don't necessarily comport with your goal, or you get what we got.
I'm also from Jersey and your name speaks to me.
I really don't think we can say the pendulum isn't being shifted in massive strokes overnight when this administration is literally destroying our way of life in massive strokes every hour. The time for the "lesser evil" was ages ago. The time for direct action is now.
I'm always glad to stumble upon another NJ person on Lemmy! My anarchism flies out of the window when it comes to loving Jersey. It's my home, despite people arguing I'm not from here due to the color of my skin. In my lifetime, sea level rising will reshape what this great state looks like. Homelessness in Atlantic City is bad now, it's going to be a thousand times worse when the area is under water. This is why I don't think we can settle for small changes. We need drastic actions, yesterday.