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  • DiplomjodlerD Diplomjodler

    The enlightened centrism is strong in this one. No, the US don’t have a conflict of left vs. right. The conflict is between the right and everyone else. And most of the right are just rubes who think they being part of some kind of movement but in reality are just being fleeced by a bunch of grifters

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    katana314@lemmy.world
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    Perfect example of this was Jimmy Kimmel. He openly said that shooting a commentator was a horrible thing, and tried to call for moderation. MAGA declared that wasn’t enough, and ordered him fired.

    They have specified that if you’re not with them, you’re against them.

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      missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de
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      if you were a centrist before 2020, and you still are in 2025, then you’ve moved Right, since the Overton window shifted Right.

      if you kept your principles you’re now Left. that’s how the window works.

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        quinnycoded@sh.itjust.works
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        it is very clear you don’t live in a small southern county

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        • A astutemural@midwest.social

          The idea that we don’t have the resources to help everyone is patently false. We could provide for everyone on Earth with about 40% of total production. The problem is not the very poor, crammed into tiny apartments and eating bad food. The problem is the ultrawealthy controlling orders of magnitude more wealth than they could even remotely need.

          Secondly, again: claiming we need to help ‘our own’ before ‘others’ is inherently exclusionary. I count every person on Earth as ‘our own’. You apparently don’t.

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          plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
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          #88

          True we have the resources in theory. The problem is that the necessary structural change to do that right now is so great that it can only be done by literally nuking civilization out of existence and starting over again. Seeing as that might not actually be a good option, we need to slow walk it because the other ways have been tried and they don’t end well

          And yes I’m exclusionary because everyone else is. I would love to hop on a plane and move to somewhere in Spain right now. But guess what? They don’t make it that easy. That’s what I meant earlier when I said something about everyone being on the same legal framework. I couldn’t find th right words but the gist is that unless every country on earth has open borders then no country on earth should have open borders.

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          • P plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works

            True we have the resources in theory. The problem is that the necessary structural change to do that right now is so great that it can only be done by literally nuking civilization out of existence and starting over again. Seeing as that might not actually be a good option, we need to slow walk it because the other ways have been tried and they don’t end well

            And yes I’m exclusionary because everyone else is. I would love to hop on a plane and move to somewhere in Spain right now. But guess what? They don’t make it that easy. That’s what I meant earlier when I said something about everyone being on the same legal framework. I couldn’t find th right words but the gist is that unless every country on earth has open borders then no country on earth should have open borders.

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            astutemural@midwest.social
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            Nope. Other countries having bad policy is no excuse for our country to. We’re the fucking wealthiest country on Earth. Oh, and people like you who insist that structural change is impossible is the reason change is impossible. You are a self-fulfilling prophecy that continues our country’s policy of commiting social murder. You are the problem.

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              yourmomstrashman@lemmy.world
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              #90

              I’m too uneducated on politics (read: stupid) to even know what left and right means. Where do I land

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              • yourmomstrashman@lemmy.worldY yourmomstrashman@lemmy.world

                I’m too uneducated on politics (read: stupid) to even know what left and right means. Where do I land

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                mathemachristian [he/him]
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                Right: in favor of privately owned means of production.
                Left: in favor of publicly owned means of production.

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                • A astutemural@midwest.social

                  Nope. Other countries having bad policy is no excuse for our country to. We’re the fucking wealthiest country on Earth. Oh, and people like you who insist that structural change is impossible is the reason change is impossible. You are a self-fulfilling prophecy that continues our country’s policy of commiting social murder. You are the problem.

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                  plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
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                  #92

                  It’s weird that all countries have the same policies if they are so bad. But here’s the fact: the stronger your safety nets, the more difficult do you have to make immigration lest the system collapse. And allowing immigrants that cannot access the safety nets is a sure fire way to increase your crime rate because now you have a underclass that wouldn’t have existed. So yes the US should have laxer immigration policies than other countries, but not full blown open borders. Not unless there is a practical reason to do so, which there isn’t.

                  I never said it was impossible, I said we need to slow walk it because it can’t be radical, not unless you are willing to commit literal murder. I’d advocate for accelerationism first before I advocate for killing people who oppose you ideologically.

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                  • T tippy@sh.itjust.works

                    Reeeeeeeeeee I spouted centrist nonsense in a leftist space and I’m getting ratio’d reeeeeee

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                    dragontypewyvern@midwest.social
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                    The ratio is not enough.

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                      finitebanjo
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                      Let’s be honest, the Nazis and Tankies align on like 98% of policy. They both support Donald Trump, for example. They both enable ethnostates to send minorities to camps. They believe in a nation ruled by one supreme absolute leader.

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                      • T tippy@sh.itjust.works

                        Yes? You do realize tankies are a minority group and that in many nations “leftist” is just a normal political position?

                        I’m honestly not sure what you’re trying to say here

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                        finitebanjo
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                        I think they’re interpreting your response to the meme as “centrism bad” while the meme in question only offers Nazi, Tankie, or Centrist. These sort of mixups happen in these discussions where the implied context is just so massive.

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                        • F FistingEnthusiast

                          This is bullshit

                          Trying to pretend that there’s a concerted far-left effort to create civil war in 'Murica is patently absurd

                          Sure, there may be a handful of nutters, but they pale in comparison to the number of far-right who are actively lusting for the blood of the people they hate and fear

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                          finitebanjo
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                          I think that the Tankies are not left, like at all, but there is absolutely a concerted and even state funded operation to create any and all destruction and violence that they’re capable of causing.

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                          • F finitebanjo

                            Let’s be honest, the Nazis and Tankies align on like 98% of policy. They both support Donald Trump, for example. They both enable ethnostates to send minorities to camps. They believe in a nation ruled by one supreme absolute leader.

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                            jinarched@lemmy.ca
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                            Youtube Video

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                            • F finitebanjo

                              Let’s be honest, the Nazis and Tankies align on like 98% of policy. They both support Donald Trump, for example. They both enable ethnostates to send minorities to camps. They believe in a nation ruled by one supreme absolute leader.

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                              Mubelotix
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                              And they are both downvoting you haha

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                              • MubelotixM Mubelotix

                                And they are both downvoting you haha

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                                thanks AV
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                                There is literally only 1 downvote

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                                  tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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                                  tankies are such a small niche group, i dont think theres enough of them to have a significant on policy, unlike right wingers have real numbers on thier hands.

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                                  • DiplomjodlerD Diplomjodler

                                    The enlightened centrism is strong in this one. No, the US don’t have a conflict of left vs. right. The conflict is between the right and everyone else. And most of the right are just rubes who think they being part of some kind of movement but in reality are just being fleeced by a bunch of grifters

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                                    tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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                                    also the usa has never had a true left to begin with, being the most right wing of the western countries should be telling.its most like right on right-lite violence/rhetoric

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                                    • M maus@sh.itjust.works

                                      The left is also fighting itself. Literally the comment chains in this post are prime examples.

                                      People who probably align with the majority of the stances, tearing each other down with bad faith arguments, grandstanding over the remaining things they disagree on.

                                      “Perfect is the enemy of good.”

                                      I might not politically align with the average .ml user, but my views are a hell of a lot closer aligned with them than MAGAt views.

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                                      kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                                      The left largely fights by arguing, which can lead to better ideas if people are open to listen. That isn’t always the case, but it’s a possibility. The right is fighting with homicide.

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                                      • F finitebanjo

                                        Let’s be honest, the Nazis and Tankies align on like 98% of policy. They both support Donald Trump, for example. They both enable ethnostates to send minorities to camps. They believe in a nation ruled by one supreme absolute leader.

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                                        alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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                                        They both support Donald Trump, for example.

                                        lmao what?

                                        They both enable ethnostates to send minorities to camps.

                                        lmao what?

                                        They believe in a nation ruled by one supreme absolute leader.

                                        Dictatorship of the proletariat doesn’t mean total rule by one dude named proletariat, it means total rule by the people.

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                                        • K kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com

                                          The left largely fights by arguing, which can lead to better ideas if people are open to listen. That isn’t always the case, but it’s a possibility. The right is fighting with homicide.

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                                          alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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                                          Liberals perceive criticism for enabling the right and opposing the left at every opportunity as left in-fighting.

                                          The left identifies the liberals as part of the right.

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