Message from @yung

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2018-04-15 17:19:56 UTC  

You can't have it both ways

2018-04-15 17:19:58 UTC  

In government?

2018-04-15 17:20:01 UTC  

Like what

2018-04-15 17:20:14 UTC  

Left leaning liberals is the only leftist position in the US

2018-04-15 17:20:17 UTC  

America is the epitomy of a neoliberal state

2018-04-15 17:20:21 UTC  

I mean Bernie

2018-04-15 17:20:24 UTC  

Was a thing

2018-04-15 17:20:25 UTC  

You DON’T have a left

2018-04-15 17:20:35 UTC  

Im not talking about individuals ofcourse

2018-04-15 17:20:51 UTC  

And Bernie was barely a Social Democrat

2018-04-15 17:20:59 UTC  

Wht

2018-04-15 17:21:04 UTC  

I can agree in terms of the gov’t though, there aren’t many leftists there.

2018-04-15 17:21:12 UTC  

He was pleading for social structures that in europe are considered center

2018-04-15 17:21:25 UTC  

Which I agree with

2018-04-15 17:21:27 UTC  

Btw

2018-04-15 17:21:36 UTC  

Or left of center

2018-04-15 17:21:52 UTC  

the US used to have a great left wing, even far-left movement. They were simply massively repressed and propagandized. Simple as that

2018-04-15 17:21:54 UTC  

But not socialism of marxism or whatever radical ideologies yall read about

2018-04-15 17:22:15 UTC  

@yung You talking about the CPA?

2018-04-15 17:22:20 UTC  

Yeah he was a soc dem at best

2018-04-15 17:22:29 UTC  

Wobblies too

2018-04-15 17:22:47 UTC  

Was this in the 50s or something?

2018-04-15 17:23:07 UTC  

Culturally speaking america hasnt changed alot since the 80s

2018-04-15 17:23:09 UTC  

Mostly around that time period

2018-04-15 17:23:17 UTC  

The cracking down of american labor was way earlier

2018-04-15 17:23:25 UTC  

@supermodel ruben Oh you’d be surprised.

2018-04-15 17:23:29 UTC  

20s-30s

2018-04-15 17:23:36 UTC  

Im painting wih a broad brush

2018-04-15 17:23:46 UTC  

In terms of cultural and economical@ideology

2018-04-15 17:23:50 UTC  

Neoliberalism

2018-04-15 17:23:54 UTC  

and from there it has been flashes in a pan

2018-04-15 17:23:54 UTC  

Our family dynamics are kinda going down the shitter.

2018-04-15 17:24:00 UTC  

Brands, francises

2018-04-15 17:24:15 UTC  

@supermodel ruben Economically, right.

2018-04-15 17:24:29 UTC  

And mentality

2018-04-15 17:24:32 UTC  

Consumerism

2018-04-15 17:24:38 UTC  

The US has loosened up a lot in a way

2018-04-15 17:25:00 UTC  

Yes rn its a late-capitalist shitfest

2018-04-15 17:25:04 UTC  

less restrictive media, advancements i. social causes

2018-04-15 17:25:09 UTC  

Which is enjoyable for everybody

2018-04-15 17:25:34 UTC  

It's honestly only less restrictive because law makers don't know how the internet works