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Hortensis

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11. Mainstream liberals are all progressive left, though. How do I click both?
Sat Nov 27, 2021, 08:38 AM
Nov 2021

Most of the most zealous anti-establishment types are presumably calling themselves socialists of either kind these days.

Progressive left suggests stronger left, like Nancy Pelosi and all those in congress usually leading big progressive advances. I'll click that, but want to say progressives are completely different from the kind of anti-establishment types who would throw progressivism under the bus because their leaders/faction said so, or just because Democrats (establishment) were doing it and they were having a sad. The big passion of progressives is progress meeting the rights and needs of the people.

Btw, both socialist and Democratic Socialist are types of socialist systems (NOT capitalist systems supporting some socialist services as in Europe), so the socialist choice really needs further definition. It's kind of important to know what socialism is and isn't because supporters of revolutions sometimes get what they support and don't get what they imagined they were.

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Yes it's really a complex question.. mvd Nov 2021 #2
I'm a Democrat. n/t TygrBright Nov 2021 #3
Exactly.... LakeArenal Nov 2021 #4
Good answer mvd Nov 2021 #5
Yes. I can't afford to be picky. LeftInTX Nov 2021 #8
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its a loaded term, allow me to explain a bit better Amishman Nov 2021 #18
Ok, thanks for the explanation. Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #25
sigh, this makes me so sad (I am too tired to even get mad over it, it is just wearying) Celerity Nov 2021 #30
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I think those examples Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #26
You sound very pragmatic on labor/immigration. Boomerproud Nov 2021 #22
Mainstream liberals are all progressive left, though. How do I click both? Hortensis Nov 2021 #11
Same as you... Karma13612 Nov 2021 #12
The Left-Right spectrum is a fool's game, Ron Green Nov 2021 #13
History of the...Left - Right spectrum. Where did it come from? French Revolution.. Stuart G Nov 2021 #21
I'd like to see a definition of terms Poiuyt Nov 2021 #14
Under my thinking.. mvd Nov 2021 #20
Absolutely not. Celerity Nov 2021 #34
I wasn't really contradicting most of that mvd Nov 2021 #35
Not many, only a handful self-label as such. AOC and Bernie are the two most well known. Celerity Nov 2021 #36
Well I just can't agree about the self inflicted wound mvd Nov 2021 #38
It is hubristic to think you can simply 're-brand' a toxic (toxic in a reactionary nation-state like Celerity Nov 2021 #39
Because Democratic Socialism is not socialism mvd Nov 2021 #40
that is simply false, democratic socialism is a form of socialism Celerity Nov 2021 #43
It's not false mvd Nov 2021 #44
No, I can assure you it is not widely held, and that is again, typical American hubristic thinking. Celerity Nov 2021 #45
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What's in a name? 🙃 moondust Nov 2021 #28
Whereas... DFW Nov 2021 #31
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