Mass Shooting thread

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by August

What would be considered "far left" to you Markus?

Communism, Leninist, Stalinist.

While the soft version of left wing is socialism.

Markus

[August]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Communism, Leninist, Stalinist.

While the soft version of left wing is socialism.

Markus

We got all of those types here too although some may call themselves just Socialists.

And now you got me wondering, just who are the Stalinists in your government?

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by August

We got all of those types here too although some may call themselves just Socialists.

And now you got me wondering, just who are the Stalinists in your government?

You asked me what I consider being far left and for me it is Communism, Leninist, and Stalinist.

We have a Party in Denmark who is almost far left-United List. They are one of the parties who support the government.

Our government is a socialist government but they are more right than left.

The only Politician I know who's socialist in USA is...now I forgot his name he was one of the Candidate to the Dems election-He is an old man with glasses. Hillary won the race.

According to your standard he is a left wing. The question is if he is considering being a leftis according to our, the European standard

Lets go back to discuss mass shooting

Markus

[Ostfriese]

Originally Posted by August

We got all of those types here too although some may call themselves just Socialists.

And now you got me wondering, just who are the Stalinists in your government?

The American political spectrum is very narrowed down (a fact most scholars including Americans agree on). Americans have a tendency to call everything left of the center "communism". In general Americans have an interesting tendency to use the term "communism" without understanding what communism is.


I'm sure that there is the occasional communist or leninist in the US. None of the major politicians is anywhere near that, however. The democrats as a whole are right leaning centrists, very much like the German CDU or the French LR. Sanders and AOC would be called "social democrats" in Europe, very moderate left-wingers (and, btw, much better at that than the current social democrat chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz).
On the other end of the spectrum many "politicians" which are considered to be "staunch conservatives" in the US would be called fascists and/or far right extremists in Europe (and rightfully so...).

[August]

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

The American political spectrum is very narrowed down (a fact most scholars including Americans agree on). Americans have a tendency to call everything left of the center "communism". In general Americans have an interesting tendency to use the term "communism" without understanding what communism is.

Oh I definitely understand your point, even if I disagree with it's conclusion. Many of us here in America feel the same way when we listen to Europeans arrogantly try to lecture us on our tendencies.