US Politics on Sidechat | This is an example of an uneducated rightoid assuming that far-left = progressive social policy. There are plenty of far-left parties across the global south. Explicitly anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist.

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This is an example of an uneducated rightoid assuming that far-left = progressive social policy. There are plenty of far-left parties across the global south. Explicitly anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist.

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Anonymous 10w

These far-left parties are either in charge (Nicaragua), in opposition both electorally (South Africa) and militarily (Myanmar). More examples than the ones given. Just because they may not line up with certain sectors of the American left on social issues doesn’t make them conservative.

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OP 10w

I would argue an anti-colonial semi-communist party in, say, South Africa that doesn’t have an opinion on gay people is further left than the Democrats.

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It’s also just really stupid to try and plot international politicians on the American Left-Right divide, especially those from outside of the West. The political issues in Sub-Saharan Africa are not the political issues in the U.S.