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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 40 points 3 days ago (3 children)

They are absolutely refusing to return to any semblance of left.

[–] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

charitably, they might mean New Deal rather than neoliberal.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 days ago

Hence "semblance."

[–] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess a charitable view of the new deal and Keynesianism is that it's a semblance of left

I have the harsher view that it was a further entrenchment of reaction to reconstruction but shrug-outta-hecks

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

was certainly to the left of reagan. that's the bar for the last 50 years of american national politics. these fuckers have been making Nixon look good by comparison.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago

They're dabbing on us folks!

matt-jokerfied

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

We will dab on the corpse of this party soon enough

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

They are going to pull out any and all stops to prevent that from happening.

On the positive side, now there's a chance I get to see Cuomo lose again, which will be nice.