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minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·2 days agoAre you confusing liberals with left wingers? The left have been very loudly pushing back against the billionaire class for a very long time
minus-squarewhalesnrainbows@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agoYeah, the actual left’s whole deal is fighting billionaires. I really need everyone to stop conflating liberals with the left, and also learn some basic political theory before speaking on it.
minus-squareBurgerBaron@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoHere’s an example of Democrats fighting Socialist boogeyman I read today: https://abcnews.com/Politics/democratic-mayors-red-states-launch-new-group-counter/story?id=136949299
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoAs they should, but you can’t deny the infighting between other factions. The point remains: we have to take a step back, and focus on the real problems, rather than the bait they throw in front of us.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoI wouldn’t be much of a left winger if I did deny that Turning the working class against each other is one of the main ways the elite protect their power People on the left have been writing about this for over a century
Are you confusing liberals with left wingers?
The left have been very loudly pushing back against the billionaire class for a very long time
Yeah, the actual left’s whole deal is fighting billionaires.
I really need everyone to stop conflating liberals with the left, and also learn some basic political theory before speaking on it.
Here’s an example of Democrats fighting Socialist boogeyman I read today:
https://abcnews.com/Politics/democratic-mayors-red-states-launch-new-group-counter/story?id=136949299
As they should, but you can’t deny the infighting between other factions. The point remains: we have to take a step back, and focus on the real problems, rather than the bait they throw in front of us.
I wouldn’t be much of a left winger if I did deny that
Turning the working class against each other is one of the main ways the elite protect their power
People on the left have been writing about this for over a century