• computerscientistI@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Are you 'murican? I don’t think the rest of the world agrees on any of the US’s “definitions” of left, right and liberal. From a European POV, the US democrats are really, really far to the right. Sanders might be leaning toward the center. The republicans are a strange mixture of libertarian regarding economical matters and very very right-wing/intrusive on personal matters. Whenever someone even mentions/comments other people’s sexual orientation and identity I automitcally assume they are creep that wants to sniff other people’s bedsheets. How can you be partly libertarian and also creepily nazi-intrusive? US-republican invention I can’t wrap my head around, that is.

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      1 year ago

      Sanders might be leaning towards the center

      The guy is a self-avowed socialist, what do mean “Leaning toward the center”?

    • vsh@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      US politics are reserved for the US.

      Yes, they are indeed interesting for small eurobrains, but a typical outsider will never comprehend our politics. Better stick to your country.

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        1 year ago

        American politics amounts to geriatric seals barking at each other. There’s nothing complicated going on.