• nyar@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    What is a “leftie”.

    I don’t mean to call you out, but I’m very tired of " I’m on the left, I’m a progressive, I’m a left liberal".

    Be brave enough to call yourself a communist/anarchist/socialist or just call yourself a Democrat.

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      2 months ago

      Those are all very different things, hence why we have different words for the different concepts.

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      2 months ago

      Progressive here.

      Not an anarchist/communist/socialist.

      I don’t call myself a democrat because my political alignment is based on values that are distinct from the democratic party we know.

      I vote for democrats because achieving progress would be impossible in a fascist state.

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          2 months ago

          Ultimately, long-term, I’d like to see us evolve to a non-capitalist society, but that would be a long and gradual process. I doubt it will happen in my lifetime.

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            It needs to happen fast given pollution is directly tied to gdp growth. If it doesn’t happen soon there won’t be any human lifetimes for it to happen in.