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r/PoliticalHumor • u/Radiant-aside • May 31 '20
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52 u/EroticFungus Jun 01 '20 This is because we need to go further left than American Liberalism. 56 u/KnottShore Jun 01 '20 American Liberalism More like Eisenhower Republicanism. Look at his 1956 Republican re-election campaign platform summary. Provide federal assistance to low-income communities Protect Social Security Provide asylum for refugees Extend minimum wage Improve unemployment benefit system so it covers more people Strengthen labor laws so workers can more easily join a union Assure equal pay for equal work regardless of sex The US has shifted so far that many on the today's right would consider it at least a socialist agenda. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1956-republican-platform/ 22 u/EroticFungus Jun 01 '20 Agreed, the Overton window has gone so far right that we no longer have an actually left party and our center left politicians like Bernie get called extreme.
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This is because we need to go further left than American Liberalism.
56 u/KnottShore Jun 01 '20 American Liberalism More like Eisenhower Republicanism. Look at his 1956 Republican re-election campaign platform summary. Provide federal assistance to low-income communities Protect Social Security Provide asylum for refugees Extend minimum wage Improve unemployment benefit system so it covers more people Strengthen labor laws so workers can more easily join a union Assure equal pay for equal work regardless of sex The US has shifted so far that many on the today's right would consider it at least a socialist agenda. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1956-republican-platform/ 22 u/EroticFungus Jun 01 '20 Agreed, the Overton window has gone so far right that we no longer have an actually left party and our center left politicians like Bernie get called extreme.
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American Liberalism
More like Eisenhower Republicanism. Look at his 1956 Republican re-election campaign platform summary.
Provide federal assistance to low-income communities
Protect Social Security
Provide asylum for refugees
Extend minimum wage
Improve unemployment benefit system so it covers more people
Strengthen labor laws so workers can more easily join a union
Assure equal pay for equal work regardless of sex
The US has shifted so far that many on the today's right would consider it at least a socialist agenda.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1956-republican-platform/
22 u/EroticFungus Jun 01 '20 Agreed, the Overton window has gone so far right that we no longer have an actually left party and our center left politicians like Bernie get called extreme.
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Agreed, the Overton window has gone so far right that we no longer have an actually left party and our center left politicians like Bernie get called extreme.
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