@jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 9 days agoAOC defeats moderate challenger in Democratic primarywww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1875arrow-down110
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minus-square@GiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilink6•7 days agoIn the rest of the Western world, AOC would be considered a moderate.
minus-square@RampageDon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•7 days agoWelcome to the US where the left is still right of center
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilink1•7 days agoI wouldn’t have a problem with liberals calling themselves the left if they knew why that was different from being a leftist
minus-square@Syrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•6 days agoWould she? I’m not that informed on her politics but I think Bernie supported her, and Bernie is definitely a progressive even by rest-of-the-world standards.
In the rest of the Western world, AOC would be considered a moderate.
Welcome to the US where the left is still right of center
I wouldn’t have a problem with liberals calling themselves the left if they knew why that was different from being a leftist
Would she? I’m not that informed on her politics but I think Bernie supported her, and Bernie is definitely a progressive even by rest-of-the-world standards.