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Am I dumb? I thought democrat was the same as a leftist?
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Anonymous 37w

very much so not true. right vs left is economic structure, with right being capitalist and left being communist. i dont think there is a single communist official in the united states. zohran mamdani is a democratic socialist, which is more in the realm of true left of center. democrats are capitalists, through and through.

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Anonymous 37w

That’s a common misconception, the DNC’s main purpose is actually to undermine leftist movements because they’re a threat to capitalist interests.

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Anonymous 37w

On the US political spectrum, democrats are on the left. Leftists are too, but they’re to the left of democrats. Usually some sort of democratic socialist, socialist, communist, etc. Leftists do not consider democrats to be leftist. They call them neoliberal or “liberal” instead

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Anonymous 37w

Oh gotcha. Thanks

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Anonymous 37w

Do you mean Malcolm X’s quote about the white liberal?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 37w

They’re talking about a letter from A Birmingham jail where MLK says the white moderate is a greater threat to freedom than the KKK. Malcom X also frequently talked about the great western satan that is white (Neo) liberalism

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 37w

The whole “well for America they’re left wing” spiel is lowkey a psyop in my opinion. The more radical right-wing camps started conflating us with liberals ages ago in order to discredit both at once and the Democrats picked it up for branding. They only pretend to be left wing specifically to delegitimize the left and make them look more fringe than they are.

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