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I want to know where Mandami fits compared to my own nation's political left-right spectrum, going through his stances and theirs, how do I go about it? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by folaht@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Now I know a country is not the same as a city, but my country, the Netherlands, is small and densily populated, so maybe they're somewhat comparable?

I hear Mandami is considered from extreme-left to what he professes himself as democratic socialist, which to me would mean left-wing. I however keep pushing every US politician one or two positions to the right, but that's just vibes. So I would like to compare his stances to at least five political parties from my country, but where do I start?

Should I post an ask Lemmy on each topic how they compare to Mandami starting with housing? Because I would imagine the stances of each party on just one topic would already make quite a long post.

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I'll try and make several posts on this subject.

Part 1 - My vibes list of American youtubers & politicians

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The simplistic 'left-right' spectrum isn't particularly useful when it comes to something as complex and location-specific as politics, left-right is really just vibes in the end. You're on the right path by comparing policies, and it helps to understand the different contexts they're in (e.g. US red scare culture), along with the similarities you mentioned.

I think this exercise could be fun and deepen you/our understanding of politics, but at the end of the day, different cities have different material conditions (circumstances) which means the same policy may make sense in one environment but not the other. I think an insightful exercise would be to compare the DSA to your country's main demsoc parties (PvdA/GL?) and figure out the main differences and why they're different.

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well, when I look at the party's stances of my country I see a pattern in terms of type of language used,
so maybe one can use that to model how right or left wing one is instead of using some arbitrary
policy like gun laws as a measuring tool.