For a lot of these center-leftists, discussion of class is not only taboo because of ID politics, but also because they are capitalist.
OK but if we are to talk, we need to understand each other. You probably wouldn't consider me Left.
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If you want to refer to the Democrats, you should just call them Democrats instead of leftists because they have no leftist principles.
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I'm not doing this, Daniel.
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If you want to use imprecise language, you will probably be in this same situation a lot in the future.
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I can define what I am talking about very precisely. I can write essays detailing the evolution of the Left.
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I cannot have a conversation with you if you will only acknowledge the economic factors & bung every other extremism in centre or on right.
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That's not what I'm doing. I am just addressing that your assessments of 'the left' are not accurately depicting people who are on the left.
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They won't if you're going by ideological purity rather than the reality of what the political spectrum looks like. I'm going to bed now.
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I'd love to see your result for this when the site is back up: https://www.politicalcompass.org/test
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Well then you're left. Now understand that Hillary Clinton is in the upper right-hand corner, thus why we shouldn't call her a leftist.
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