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Flatworm7591 ,
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I rather imagine socdems consider themselves socialists, probably not liberals though. But we weren't having that discussion, so I guess you were just bringing attention to your community rules in a passive aggressive sort of way? Fair enough I guess.

I've just noticed things getting way too tribal lately and the communist/socialist left seems hell bent on fighting with the liberals instead of the conservatives. Personally, I think it's counterproductive to dunk on the liberals when there's so many actual fascists around, and it's getting a bit tiring. Have they as a party moved too far to the right? Definitely. Would it be a step in the right direction if people like Bernie Sanders got a chance to make a difference? Definitely. Would it be far enough? Almost certainly not, but you know, this is the US we're talking about, they're never going to go fully socialist. You've got to have some level of pragmatism if you want to get any movement back to the left.

If someone is socially progressive and anti-authoritarian, then I don't need to know much else about their politics, I'll make the assumption they are probably a decent person. I really don't care if someone labels themselves a socialist, a liberal or an anarchist, or any of the dozens of atomistic political groupings on the left, or if they don't give a shit about politics. If they are trying to improve the current state of society in whatever way they are able, then they really don't deserve to get dunked on. It's mean spirited and counterproductive and there's too much hate going around.

I mean, what's your end goal with this strategy of hating on the not-quite-left-enough? I genuinely don't understand it.

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