• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    *In the US

    Go to most other Western societies and your version of “far-left” is new, naive, and conservative. In my country, most right-wingers back all the “socialism”—by American definition—that we have.

    Y’all got decades of catching up to do. I admire the surge, but you’ve got a lot of examples around the world of how to actually do it. All the while also understanding what you apparently claim to stand for.

    Keep enjoying that Us versus Them game though, since that’s more what Americanism is into. Love that division. Good job 👍 /s

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      8 months ago

      This meme references the “far-left,” ie Communists, Socialists, Anarchists, etc, not the Social Democrats. If it was referring to the American “left,” it would say “liberals.”

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      8 months ago

      How’s your political propaganda out there?

      ALL of our major media outlets are for profit corporations and serve as propaganda outlets.

      NONE of our major media outlets speak honestly about progressive policies.

      ALL of our right wing propaganda equates socialism with “the left” and “the left” is portrayed in the absolute worst ways possible. They constantly talk about Venezuela and eating rats (they say we want that). The argument about abortion is almost entirely to be at opposition with “the left” and to paint us as “baby murderers.” Any conversation about taxation is equated to theft from “hard workers” to be given to “lazy slobs who pop out babies to collect free money.” They specifically take opposition to anything “the left” wants so they don’t have to have policies other than “hate the other.”

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      8 months ago

      “In polite conversation, one should never mention religion or politics, as it never ends well”

      Americans - “Hold my beer”