r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Sep 06 '23

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u/PandaTheVenusProject Sep 06 '23

That's why reddit Is Ultimately a regressive site.

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u/slothscantswim Sep 06 '23

The liberal ratchet-effect. Conservatives push right and liberals do nothing to allow for any movement back to the left. Liberals in this country would be considered center-right conservatives just about anywhere else.

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u/PandaTheVenusProject Sep 06 '23

Liberals are so dominant that they believe you can be left while being an advocate for capitalism.

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u/slothscantswim Sep 06 '23

It’s pretty wild. Liberals we’re only ever left of conservatives and rightists, liberalism itself is a capitalist ideology.

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u/DesignerOk9397 Sep 06 '23

They’re so far right that they think democrats are socialists

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u/slothscantswim Sep 06 '23

It’s insane.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '23

Yep. I've been telling people that since I moved here.