finnyfinny.bsky.social
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@finnyfinny.bsky.socialLeftism is when only my friends agree with ne
Show Postwhich accounts for how terminally consumer-brained they are (e.g. it's the job of the candidate to sell themselves, it's their fault if I don't, there is no greater good where I have a duty to e.g. vote against fascism) - the whole thing is strikingly devoid of any actual solidarity
Show PostStonewall has its place in history, but it gets exulted even beyond its considerable importance because of US-centric views and a desire to overlook the role liberalism played in eroding homophobia in favor of a history only of radicalism.
Show PostLabour in the U.K.? Well to the Democrats’ right on immigration and trans rights. The SPD in Germany? A flailing party that just had one of its former chancellors pay Putin a birthday visit. Socialist Party in France? A rump. The left-wing parties? Weirdly chauvinistic and conspiratorial.
Show PostDemocrats are also more progressive on immigration than pretty much all their European counterparts today. American progressives should enthusiastically embrace these facts and embrace having one of the world’s leading parties on social justice and equality.
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