• Drusas@kbin.social
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        The Democrats (“liberals”) are also a conservative party in the US; they’re just not the most conservative party.

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        Not just Aus.

        Bernie visited the Netherlands recently and I believe one of the takes was that US liberals are pretty much center-right with a few figures like him self being more center-left.

        In context of that, there’s nothing inherently wrong with this meme.

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      US liberals are constantly appealing for us to compromise with fascist conservatives. This seems pretty accurate to me.

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          Biden didn’t build more concentration camps? He didn’t continue the wall? He didn’t send his VP on a gaslighting mission to Latin America? He didn’t interfere with the railroad strike? I imagined all that?

          I could have sworn it was US liberals telling me he “hAd No ChOiCe” and that don’t I know he has to do these things to win elections because if he doesn’t then the [checks notes] well … [nervously tugs shirt collar] lesser of two evils or something hmmm

          But you said “no we fucking don’t,” so I guess it must’ve been the wind…

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              Are you being serious? One of the first things he did after taking office in 2021 was to open more concentration camps at the border. Every US liberal I encountered downplayed this categorically fascist act. US liberals even claimed Biden “had no other choice” and some even went so far as to claim this was a good thing.

              As someone who’s had friends and family who’ve experienced the inhumane conditions in these camps, I’m not so easily fooled.

              https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/ice-detentions-fact-check-increase-more-than-65-percent-under-biden/65-77a15e40-140e-453b-9182-b1bdfa03bc1d

              This is but one of a long list of examples of US Democrats enabling fascism and human rights violations, sometimes in the name of compromise, often for the mustache-twirlingly evil goal of protecting a capitalist economy at all costs.

              Democrats are not a leftist party. They’re not even leftist-adjacent.

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              Now do the concentration camps and other straight up fascist policies he’s upheld

              Edit: Also, your article shows that he did interfere with a labor strike. Looks like he’s the one who has the superiority complex, not me. I’ve never trampled on workers’ rights.