▲ 338 ▼ Why is AOC a big deal? She just speaks common sense and calls out absurdity. Have we really gone that far off the rails where we don't do it ourselves? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 day ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children) she's kind of bland in my opinion (compared with European left at least). Compared to European politics, the USA doesn't really have any "left". Most Democrats would be considered center-right in a lot of other countries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) Exactly. I would say Mamdani is "European kind of left" and he's also really good at delivering his message. I totally get why he's so popular. OAC is only OK but she really doesn't have a lot of competition in Congress. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 8 hours ago* Hard-right even. Were I live, Portugal, the policies of the Democrat Party are closest to those of a local party called Iniciativa Liberal (Liberal Initiative) who are considered Far-Right ultra Neoliberal (and were started by people with A LOT of money rather than being a naturally growing movement). In most of Europe the mainstream parties (whether they used to be center-left or center-right) nowadays are Neoliberal, but the version of that ideology of the US Democract Party is harder than even the old center-right mainstream in Europe (which is how even an EU under a majority of the EPP - which are the EU level group of such parties - is still a lot more pro-consumer than the Democrats, though things have been getting worse). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) Exactly. I would say Mamdani is "European kind of left" and he's also really good at delivering his message. I totally get why he's so popular. OAC is only OK but she really doesn't have a lot of competition in Congress. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 8 hours ago* Hard-right even. Were I live, Portugal, the policies of the Democrat Party are closest to those of a local party called Iniciativa Liberal (Liberal Initiative) who are considered Far-Right ultra Neoliberal (and were started by people with A LOT of money rather than being a naturally growing movement). In most of Europe the mainstream parties (whether they used to be center-left or center-right) nowadays are Neoliberal, but the version of that ideology of the US Democract Party is harder than even the old center-right mainstream in Europe (which is how even an EU under a majority of the EPP - which are the EU level group of such parties - is still a lot more pro-consumer than the Democrats, though things have been getting worse). permalink fedilink source parent