• 4am@lemmy.zip
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    22 hours ago

    I know you are probably American, so am I.

    We need to stop calling the Democrats the “left” party. They’re not.

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      13 hours ago

      Isn’t it relative though? They’re left of the Republicans so they are the left most choice Americans have.

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        13 hours ago

        No because left means anti-capitalist. The Democratic Party is not anti-capitalist. Therefore, the Democratic Party is not a left party.

        However, they are a neoliberal party. Which, when compared to the Republican Party’s existence as a fascist party, does certainly make the Democrats preferable. But just because they are preferable does not mean they are left