• Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
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    8 months ago

    Easy: even if you vote for Bernie that’s still at best center-left. The US just really, really leans right overall: there’s center-right (democrats) and far-right (republicans) and that’s about it.

    You guys are so afraid of socialism no party dares venture the true left.

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      8 months ago

      Americans being afraid of socialism is proof that propaganda works. It’s literally for the people.

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        8 months ago

        As does decades of systematically defunding education. The decades of leaded gas/paint by prior generations probably weren’t helping…

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        Joe Biden is now the Nickelback /Big Bang Theory of Presidents.

        There’s nothing really bad about him, nothing really great, but they’ve been told to hate on him, so that’s what they’ll do.

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      And a good chunk of our parties are now far far right.

      Added bonus: it’s not just socialism that we’re afraid of. We fear tons of things now. We’ve become a nation of fear and boiling hate under the hood and it’s truly toxic.

      Yes, I’ve been working to leave for a few years now. My children shouldn’t have to grow up in a culture of barely surviving, anxiety & fearful people scrabbling over scraps left to us by the ultra wealthy.