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American carnage revisited as Trump plays president of permanent emergency
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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There are no leftists in US politics.
You can fuck right off blaming the Left. See my above comment.
Left is everything left of MAGA right now.
No, that's centrism.
This purity testing is why the right is winning.
You're the one who started this:
Maybe instead of spreading divisiveness online, go organize in your city.
You’re mad because I wrote the truth so you’re telling me to do what I do already?
Differing opinions on vocabulary, so I made as much effort as I am willing. Good day (sincerely, not sarcastically).
For the US.
The rest world has problems but oh my god the US is such a comically stupid place that has zero understanding of how the world works.
The far right is taking over everywhere.
Yes, but there is something very special about the US being so deeply afraid of the left that they have nearly zero leftist representation in their pllitics while the center-right is called the far-left by their media. Other countries may also be seeing a growth in the far-right but at least there are established alternatives.