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The US is Politically to the Right of [Other] Democracies (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ok, so if we agree to define Leftist strictly as anti-capitalist, then fine. I was using it to mean more "left-of-centre".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you are pro-capitalist you are a right-winger - no ifs, ands or buts. Not "centrist" or "left-of-center."

There is no debate to be had here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So what's in the centre then?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

There is no centre - there never was. Not in a "left-vs-right" conception, anyway - there is no such thing as "half-a-socialist" or "half-a-capitalist." You're either for it or you're not.

There is a way of visualizing a "centre," though... if you imagine the status quo as a "centre" (which also signifies institutionalized political, economic and social power) and draw a circle around it, everything inside that circle will be right-wing - everything outside it will be left-wing. This would actually be somewhat more accurate than the silly "political compass" infographics which does more miseducating than anything else.