• lennybird@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        We need a rubber-band snap back of the Overton Window in America. Right-wing media has skewed the perception of politics to such an extent that conservatism is fascism and center-left is genuine conservatism.

        America would be so much better off if all the centrist Dems and “mOdErAtE” Republicans like Kissinger and Cheney and Romney, et. al. made the Dems the new conservative party while a new genuine Social Democrat or Green Party (not astroturfed by Republicans, Koch Brothers, or Russian interests) filled the void of a genine progressive-leftist faction.

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          1 year ago

          Okay but they have no incentive to do any of that and instead have monetary incentive to shift right

          Do participate in bringing ranked choice voting to your state if you want a shift left in the USA. Competition will force the shift you are looking for

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          1 year ago

          From what I’ve seen, we do have a lot more openly leftist people in America now, after decades of it being socially unacceptable. It’s just going to be a while before the older generations die off, and they’re the most likely to vote. Maybe if younger people actually turned out to the primaries things would be different.