Comment on What is the difference between an American liberal and a liberal outside the USA?

• Tedesche@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Political spectrum isn’t just about political parties. The two parties in the US don’t represent the full spectrum of political opinions in the country. If you want to understand that, you’re going to have to dig deeper.

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  • Strider@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    OK, I think we don’t understand each other because the spectrum is not represented at all in the US and you can only choose between two parties on the right. If you ignore that it’s not me needing research.

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    • Tedesche@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you vote Democratic, you’re getting a far better version of leftist politics than the GOP. No, it’s not ideal leftist politics, because Dems are still beholden to US megacorps, and that is definitely a problem. But you can’t assert that because voting options are limited, political will is restricted to those options. The U.S. is undergoing a major political problem right now, which may well result in the dissolution of both parties and a broader multi-party system. You can’t just point to a country’s political parties and say, “well, they have only those two options, so they’re locked in forever, and those two options represent the entire country’s political will.” That’s ridiculous. There’s much to be said about the rise of far right politics in Europe right now, but you wouldn’t endorse opinions that the EU is trapped between far-left and far-right politics, would you? No, most people have views that register in-between. The same is true in America. We’re not so different from you. Stop pretending otherwise. We’re all human and we’re all part of a global civilization.

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