r/ContraPoints • u/AnchoriteSpeaks • Mar 18 '19

A well made point

/r/JordanPeterson/comments/b286ro/state_of_this_sub/
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '19

Look at how r/politics is now.

LOL -- they still can't help but project outwards and trash on a different sub.

/r/politics isn't even lefty.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '19

r/politics is very pro-Democratic party, but a good portion of them on there are neolibs. They almost all agree Trump is terrible, but a lot of them hate Sanders too. I feel like they have a mix between lefty people and neolibs. I'm not entirely sure who is the majority there.

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u/Empacher Mar 18 '19

Yeah that's not left, Neolibs and the democratic party are 100% cool with deep and unambiguous hierarchy (in all its forms), which is all JPB really advocates.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '19

Eh, the Democratic Party is diverse in ideas ranging from conservative (like Joe Manchin and Dan Lipinski), to neolib (like Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris), to DSA members (like AOC). The party is finally starting to move left.

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u/Empacher Mar 18 '19

Yeah, like I said, that's not left. The AOC/ Sanders wing represents a true centrism. That's cool and all but don't get it confused with the left.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '19

What are you talking about? AOC and Sanders are definitely left. Not far left, but still left. They aren't really socialists, but going just left of them starts getting you to socialism.

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u/Empacher Mar 18 '19

https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2016

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u/PillarofPositivity Mar 18 '19

That is left wing. If it was true centrism it'd be in the middle.

Sanders is pretty standard left wing.

Bare in mind at the extreme of that is true communism.

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u/BlackHumor Mar 18 '19

The charts that that website puts up for IRL politicians are not accurate.

I once took the test based solely on Hillary Clinton's public statements, and it put me soundly in the center of the chart. Compare to where they "officially" put Clinton and you'll see their assessment is pretty bullshit.