jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoAOC defeats moderate challenger in Democratic primarywww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1880arrow-down110
arrow-up1870arrow-down1external-linkAOC defeats moderate challenger in Democratic primarywww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-squareGiddyGaplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoIn the rest of the Western world, AOC would be considered a moderate.
minus-squareRampageDon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoWelcome to the US where the left is still right of center
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI wouldn’t have a problem with liberals calling themselves the left if they knew why that was different from being a leftist
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWould she? I’m not that informed on her politics but I think Bernie supported her, and Bernie is definitely a progressive even by rest-of-the-world standards.
In the rest of the Western world, AOC would be considered a moderate.
Welcome to the US where the left is still right of center
I wouldn’t have a problem with liberals calling themselves the left if they knew why that was different from being a leftist
Would she? I’m not that informed on her politics but I think Bernie supported her, and Bernie is definitely a progressive even by rest-of-the-world standards.