What if I’m neither?
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2025
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Who mean those on the right? They don't even self identify as leftists, why should some of their followers say that?
Yeah a better title would have been "I'm left wing" or something but I hate the English language and refuse to respect it.
Always relative to the point of view, for an far right wing everybody else is an leftist/communist.
nope, they are objective and discrete categories. The left are anti-capitalist, while the Liberal centrists are not. The rightwingers are just factually wrong and incredibly uneducated and ignorant when they miscategorize liberals as communists
I can see why we lost the election considering people like OP.
That's why I'd rather call myself center left. By US standards I'm still probably "far left", because I'm for public healthcare, strong regulations and very robust social safety net. But unlike probably most people here on lemmy, if someone runs a business that's not completely out of control and has unionized employees, I don't think there's a problem with that.