Re:Reading Camus in Time of Plague and Polarization
by chroem- on Monday December 14, 2020 @11:57AM
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In your opinion, what would the pseudo left need to do in order to become the real left?
Re:Reading Camus in Time of Plague and Polarization
by pmiller2 on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:02PM
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Get serious about green and sustainable policies, get American workers some actual workers' rights, stop imperialist incursions in other countries (i.e. stop bombing brown people), completely reform Social Security so that people can actually retire on it alone and not have to use 401k's or IRAs, general anti-capitalism, etc.
Re:Reading Camus in Time of Plague and Polarization
by UncleOxidant on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:13PM
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Mostly agree, but it's not like everything is shifted left in Europe. Europe has a very wide range of the political spectrum from the far right (Viktor Orbán in Hungary, for example) to the far left (active Communist parties). But yes, agreed, the US more on the right side of the political spectrum as compared to most of Europe.
Re:Reading Camus in Time of Plague and Polarization
by ketamine__ on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:28PM
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And the US must be defined by European standards? Your post is downvoted because it comes across as gatekeeping. Yes, there are liberals in the US.
* There is no real political "left" in the US. Bernie Sanders and AOC would be considered rather milquetoast social democrats by European standards, according to their stated positions.
* Regardless of the previous point, there is no real Democrat majority in the US. (I'm assuming by "left" you actually meant "Democrat.")
* You vastly mischaracterize most Democrats' views on both free speech and gun control.
This is all I'm going to say, because political debate does not work well on HN.