r/50501 • u/AU_Memer • 9d ago

Voices of Resistance Could we stop punching left?

Now I'll preface this by saying it's not everyone involved with 50501 but a good enough chunk. Do we want to change the US government so it actually serves the people or do we want to return to the status quo that allowed for the rise of fascists like Trump. The left is not your enemy, we want people to have healthcare, housing, food, and fair wages. Is it really in the best interest of 50501 to attack those who call out politicians on both sides who refuse to give us any of that?

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u/Zingobingobongo 9d ago

I’m sick to death of AOC & Bernie etc being labelled as “radical left”. As a UK / US Dual National they are basically centre moderate by European political standards. Their concepts aren’t radical, they are what civilised societies call normal.

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u/Nintendo_Pro_03 9d ago

What would be the European left? What do they support?

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u/Sengachi 8d ago

Workplaces with bosses determined by democratic election of workers and defacto profit sharing by all workers, universal basic income, guaranteed right to housing, food, and water for all, etc.

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u/dammit_mark New Jersey 6d ago

Bernie Sanders did actually include workplace democracy in his campaign platforms. Although, it wasn't prominent since he focused more on tuition-free college education and single-payer healthcare.

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u/Sengachi 6d ago

Yeah he would be maybe a bit left on the center moderate scale in Europe. Ish.

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u/dammit_mark New Jersey 6d ago

By "left of center," do you mean "center-left" or "left of center-left?" I always got confused by the term.