• dreamy (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    14 hours ago

    When listening to their debate, I didn’t know it was about the primaries and I really thought that Haley Stevens was an anti-Trump Republican or something. It is actually crazy that people call the Democrats ‘left’.

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      6 hours ago

      It is actually crazy that people call the Democrats ‘left’.

      To quote from one of the classics:

      Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?

      I’ve seen Democrats label Republicans “communist” for almost as long as I’ve seen Republicans accusing Democrats of the same. In a country of, by, and for fascists, all “Left” means is “I hate you”.

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      8 hours ago

      She probably is an anti-Trump Republican. All the Republicans who can’t stomach Trump started moving to the Democratic Party. But they aren’t changing their beliefs, they are changing the party.

      Either the GOP gets healthy or dies. There is a need for a progressive party.