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Lemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the left (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm confused by something. Isn't this meme pretty far left compared to reality?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    What exactly makes it "far left"?

    Uncorrupt governments? No, far left (at least an anarchist far left) is realising that that's a pipedream.

    A "healthy middle class"? Lol, leftism is all about eradicating the class system entirely, it's one of the biggest reasons liberals aren't leftist.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And the joke is that Lemmy users are much further left than that.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It furthers the idea that capitalism is good, it just needs to be tweaked. It's right wing

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've never heard a right winger call for more regulation. They always blame their failures on too much regulation.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Right wing in this case meaning the actual terminology (capitalist), not the American terminology of right vs left-wing being a question of social issues

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right wing vs left wing has always been relative to the status quo. Capitalism was left wing when feudalism was the norm. And now Regulated Capitalism is left wing compared the norm of Unregulated Capitalism.

    The people who are bothered by OP are making imperfect the enemy of good. What they're proposing is still progress.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    no more half measures walter

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And you wont get enough allies to get anything done. This is what Divide and Conquer looks like. It's only a half measure if you stop at the first accomplish. Let the populist get a taste of a social safety net again and they'll want to push for more the next time.

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