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> There is no genuine leftist alternative.

Enough of this No True Scotsman bullshit that I see constantly here and basically anywhere with something approaching an international audience. In the context of the United States, which is where this election occurred and where the majority of people are reading this site from, the Democratic Party is a leftist party. Yes, if you want to lump in European democratic socialism, they fall elsewhere on the spectrum. When is the last time a US Democrat and the European Democratic Socialist were facing each other on the ballot? It's a meaningless comparison.




My right nipple is relatively to the left of my right shoulder, but that doesn't make it left.


For your body, you are correct. But for the right side of your body, it is. My point is that US elections and politics are in the context of the US, not the world.




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