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Re:At Axel Springer, Politico’s New Owner, Allegations of Se... by Semaphor on Monday October 18, 2021 @06:54AM (#28904124)
That doesn’t really make them left-leaning. With the same argument the CDU would be a left-leaning party.
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Re:At Axel Springer, Politico’s New Owner, Allegations of Se... by rainworld on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:14AM (#28904241)
A tempting conclusion if you look at Germany’s transformation since the war. But what does left-leaning even mean.

Before Occupy Wall Street went down in flames, (actual, hard) leftist liked to critique the false dichotomy between what’s presented as left-wing and right-wing politics in western democracies, and they were very right to do so. What I wrote here about media applies to politics just as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28904146

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