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[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I think the amount of annoying anal liberals such as that is overblown. And whenever I do see that, I see other leftists calling their shit out.

What's really "both sides" is the fact that Democrats don't do enough when they have the chances too, because really the majority opinion of the Democrats is way farther right then people in the US like to admit.

[–] Pilkins@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Tbf my way of thinking is probably based off my environment. I live in a liberal area but work in a conservative work environment, so all the conservatives I know don't have Trump flags, stickers, spout antivax shit, etc. but all the liberals I know feel more empowered.

But as far as the political parties themselves go, I agree. Neither side is doing anything to address the class divide, which would help nearly everyone.

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 0 points 11 months ago

Nothing bugs me more than democrats being called the "extreme left" or wtf ever. They're center right, full stop.

Unpopular opinion, if dems ran an leftist they'd sweep it. They can't though because it'd be detrimental to everything they actually care about. Bernie swept that primary year but we all knew they'd never run him.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The Dems have run relative leftists in the past: Bernie Sanders was on the primary ballot in 2020 ... and lost.

If you want to blame anyone: look at our fellow "voters". Asking my under-30 coworkers if they voted in the primary and/or the general election was depressing as fuck.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

"The Dems", meaning the DNC, didn't run Sanders, they did everything they could to push him out of the race. Sanders ran Sanders.