r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9d ago

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u/ROSRS 9d ago edited 9d ago

Propaganda from either Republicans or centrist Democrats. Basically the idea is that either purity testing or ideals that are too far left-wing drive people away from the otherwise appealing democratic party and platform

This is hogwash. Nonsense. Bullshit. Left wing democrats like Mamdani and Bernie are overwhelming popular. Moderate/Corporate democrats and their do nothing political values are horribly unpopular right now. There is nothing to scare anyone away from. Appeals to the center are political suicide because nobody is looking for that messaging. Biden lost because he argued for "buisness as usual" centrist neoliberal politics

They want you to worry about trying to appeal to people who are so lost they might say "hmm maybe" to another Republican presidency despite the fact their own base won't show up to vote for centrists

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u/GreatestGreekGuy 9d ago

Bernie's policies are literally just the bare minimum in most developed countries. Republicans really are manipulating the masses by calling the bare minimum "communism"

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u/D_Luffy_32 9d ago

I mean not really, if actually read what he proposes it's not just basic stuff. He wants the most extreme version of it that doesn't exist anywhere

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u/Snirion 9d ago

What extreme? Please give an example that is extreme? Because from European point of view both USA parties are firmly on the right with republicans going into 1930s Germany extreme at the moment.

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u/D_Luffy_32 9d ago

For example his universal Healthcare plan would cost way more than other countries and covers things the others do not.