Once again @pluralistic has managed to distill into once sentence something I've had trouble finding the words to explain. I'll be stealing this one!
"The classic leftist distinction goes: leftists want to abolish a system where 150 white men run the world; liberals want to replace half of those 150 with women, queers and people of color." https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/05/not-that-naomi/#if-the-naomi-be-klein-youre-doing-just-fine
See also: Why I refuse to be labeled as a 'Liberal'. (I'm not a 'Leftist' either, exactly. But I'll leave that for another toot.)
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@jackwilliambell @pluralistic There's an irony there only Americans can appreciate.
They literally conflate their two political parties with the whole truth of politics.
They result in a mishmash where they can say anything about anything and appear sharp and witty, yet has no application beyond their particular economic power structure.
I'm glad Europe isn't yet as fucked up talking about politics as they are. But hey, Elon is trying to get us there too.
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@gimulnautti @pluralistic
The first thing to understand about USA politics is: everything is shifted one slot to the right.
Forex, Democrats aren't wishy-washy 'Liberals' really. They are more like a European Center Right party. What Europeans call 'Liberals', we call 'Socialists' and what Europeans call 'Socialists', we call 'Communists'.
The founding fathers of the USA tried to create a system hostile to political parties. In the end they created a system favorable to only two parties.
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@jackwilliambell @gimulnautti @pluralistic When I lived in Europe (where there are actual left-wing parties), I found it comical that Americans thought the Democrats were “left-wing”.
Now I live in the US, it doesn't seem comical at all.
But Trump & friends now claim the Democrats are "far-left radicals”: absurd, but many Americans seem to accept the new lie as uncritically as they accepted the previous one.
Meanwhile, the American right has gone far-right, but still pretend to be moderates.
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@angusm @jackwilliambell @gimulnautti @pluralistic they've moved on already. the new elon endorsed claim is that "All elections are rigged and Democrats don't exist"
https://x.com/rothschildmd/status/1887176791967867373
[#]ElonMusk #uspol
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@cryptadamist @angusm @jackwilliambell @pluralistic
Elon Musk hates USAID because it helped topple apartheid in South Africa
https://mastodon.green/@gimulnautti/113952730400857871
Otherwise it’s just lies and stupid, because what it really does is land everybody in the global south in China’s lap.
He’s the world’s smartest idiot.
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@gimulnautti @angusm @jackwilliambell @pluralistic that's the generous interpretation. the less generous interpretation is that #ElonMusk is a russian agent sent to put a stake in the heart of the agency #Putin has been fighting his whole life, from his early #KGB days until today.
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@cryptadamist @angusm @jackwilliambell @pluralistic China owns him anyway. Killing USAID is a huge win for them, as they ran many southern countries to a debt trap lately, and USAID had been picking up the slack and starting to win people over.
When’s the last time you heard Musk say anythinhg negative about China?
That’s right, never.
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@gimulnautti @angusm @jackwilliambell @pluralistic the african and indian #PRC and #Putin propaganda accounts I follow on the bird app are practically orgasming about the demise of #USAID.
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@cryptadamist @angusm @jackwilliambell @pluralistic Calling it ”putsch”, ha.
Really shows that love for the moustache party in their hearts!
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