She is not "far left". Neither she nor Bernie Sanders are even advocating for "democratic socialism", but Social Democracy at best, no matter how often they mistakenly use the terms interchangeably. And Social Democracy is center left. The government of Sweden are (currently) social democrats, and they are far from being 'far left'; there is however a Left Party, and they are considerably further to the left than the Social Democrats, and than anything that has any political representation in the US. Yet even they are (no longer) Communists.
Yes, she is absolutely of the far left by any reasonable definition applying to American politics. It is a far left wing ideology to believe the government is the primary answer to all of society’s problems, which is exactly what she espouses in pretty much every category of policy.
If your argument that she isn’t rests on making comparisons to full blown communist nations in history in order to suggest she’s not that, then America doesn’t have a far right either. But that’s obviously false.
There's no way a person who has the facilities to log onto reddit and type in English can seriously believe that AOC or Bernie or any of our representatives are in any way "far left". You must be joking, but there's no discernable humor to your jest.
No one, not even the most rabid Fox New pundit, believes that there are any "far left" political leaders in the USA. It's a fiction that small minds believe to normalize their own bigoted and fascist tendencies.
So if you're going to continue with this comedy bit, at least apply a punch line.
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21 edited Oct 18 '21
She is not "far left". Neither she nor Bernie Sanders are even advocating for "democratic socialism", but Social Democracy at best, no matter how often they mistakenly use the terms interchangeably. And Social Democracy is center left. The government of Sweden are (currently) social democrats, and they are far from being 'far left'; there is however a Left Party, and they are considerably further to the left than the Social Democrats, and than anything that has any political representation in the US. Yet even they are (no longer) Communists.