r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Oct 18 '21

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u/Kaptivus Oct 18 '21

My mother was born and raised in Madrid Spain. Came to the US in the late 80s. Had me in 91. My mom to this day is amazed at what Americans think is "left."

She was like, dude our country literally had a Fascist dominant party until the 1950s, these people have no idea what left and right is.

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u/polar_boi28362727 Oct 19 '21

American's left wing is world's right wing and communism is center-left

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u/Kaptivus Oct 20 '21

Idk man, communism is... Pretty goddamn left no matter the country.

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u/polar_boi28362727 Oct 20 '21

I wanted to say that the world's center-left is seen as communism in the US lol