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    22 years ago

    Majority of people who vote left wing are liberals and most leftwing policy in the west is based in liberal values. It seems to be only a small set of people on the left that are not liberal.

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      2 years ago

      Being left of center is not being a “leftist.”

      Leftists are commies. That’s why this guy is arguing that liberalism is right-wing. Anything that isn’t communism is right-wing to him.

      The real reason there are no leftists in US politics is that outside of a few small internet circles, there are vanishingly few leftists in America.

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        12 years ago

        Maybe I need to read more on where the term leftisn comes from. I was under the impression it referred to any left wing voter.

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          “Leftism” is a philosophy, namely that collectivist solutions are the correct answer to all societal problems. It is the purview of a “leftist” or someone who adheres to communist (or otherwise generally some type of Marxist or post-Marxist) thought.

          I definitely understand the confusion if you didn’t know that.