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steve-atx-7600[dead post] ◴[] No.43517957[source]
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bilbo0s ◴[] No.43518370[source]
Meh.

That’s what’s supposed to happen. The pendulums swing. It’s fairly definite at this point that the buyer’s remorse from trump will cause a swing back to the left. And so on and so forth.

If we’re going to insist on living in a two party system, then this is the consequence. This is how the system moderates.

The right and the left never moderate. It’s always the system that keeps order over time.

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1. aaomidi ◴[] No.43518407[source]
> will cause a swing back to the left.

We do not have a left. I honestly am impressed at the system that has somehow made the democrats seem like "the left".

They're quite literally right wing politicians. Their primary difference with Republicans are that "we have a good thing going for our pockets right now, let's not shock the boat too much."

There are _exceptions_ to democrats that may be considered _slightly left_, but those are exceptions. Not the norm.

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2. brianmurphy ◴[] No.43518708[source]
Not that old talking point. American left and right are judged on an American left/right scale.
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