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Always remember, both sides are just as bad! (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I assume the title is aimed at that both parties badmouth one another in extreme, cherry-picked and oversimplified ways right?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The issue is that the US has two right wings parties, with one being quite a bit further right.

There is no extreme left party in the US.

There are plenty of people who talk about extreme left ideas, but none of them are elected politicians.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The bigger issue is that all countries are fairly right wing. They're all capitalistic and nationalistic, putting them on a crash course for war and suffering. Exploitative systems just can't work like they used to. It's too easy for disadvantaged people to cause apocalyptic damage to those that exploit them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

But there are extremist leftists, and disagreeing with them doesn't make you a rightist nor a fascist as they so often claim - just like disagreeing with right-wing extremism and trumpism doesn't make you a tankie/commie/whatever extremist).

Plenty of left-leaners disagree with the far left and plenty of right-leaners disagree with the far right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I think the title is mocking enlightened centrists. I am not sure if you're implying this and I misunderstood your comment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It's basically the whole platform for one party, but sure.