Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoUS Democrats are not leftistslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1974arrow-down152file-text
arrow-up1922arrow-down1imageUS Democrats are not leftistslemmy.dbzer0.comDraconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square187fedilinkfile-text
Found this graph online for anyone who might still be confused. I think this makes it much more clear.
minus-squareWildmimic@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoWith the major difference that those nations have a lot more social programs to combat poverty and homelessness, and have health insurance that doesn’t bankrupt people. That really helps with social cohesion and prevents larger scale radicalization.
minus-square01011@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoAnd yet we’re witnessing a similar large scale shift to the right across many of those same unnamed (but presumably European) nations.
minus-squareWildmimic@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoWhich is the working of targeted propaganda spread by the legacy and social media and not an innate function of “democratic” nations.
With the major difference that those nations have a lot more social programs to combat poverty and homelessness, and have health insurance that doesn’t bankrupt people. That really helps with social cohesion and prevents larger scale radicalization.
And yet we’re witnessing a similar large scale shift to the right across many of those same unnamed (but presumably European) nations.
Which is the working of targeted propaganda spread by the legacy and social media and not an innate function of “democratic” nations.