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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Compared to Europe they're right-off-center.

In other words, America has no left. Only right and extreme right.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That was the real point of McCarthyism. They destroyed their own civic society to own the Soviets.

[–] demonquark@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago

Tbh, McCarthy destroyed civic society, because he was an antidemocratic cunt who wanted to destroy civic society. The soviets were just a handy scapegoat.