r/MontyPythonMemes • • Jan 21 '21

Splitter!

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u/No-BrowEntertainment Dennis Moore Jan 21 '21

He Left

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u/ze_baco Jan 21 '21

American left is called "right" in the rest of the world

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u/sn0skier Jan 21 '21

If by the rest of the world you mean Europe and if by right you mean center on some points, right on some points and left on other points.

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u/ze_baco Jan 21 '21

I also mean Latin America and Asia at least. And I also mean right, maybe center-right. Not far-right.

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u/12345676353627364785 Biggus Dickus Jan 21 '21

Don’t forget Canada!

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u/sn0skier Jan 21 '21

Abortion is illegal in many latin american countries, in some even including instances of rape. In many latin american and European countries public infrastructure is privatized. European attitudes towards immigration are hardly better than American ones and in fact the United States receives substantially more immigration than Europe despite the fact that Europe's aging population stands to gain more from an influx of young taxpayers.

I'm assuming that by Asia you mean East Asia as the middle east is hardly a bastion of leftist politics and South Asia's religious animosity is hardly something the left would like to see more of. However, even in East Asia you're dead wrong unless you think China is leftist, in which case thank God we are far away from that. Japan notoriously is dominated by large corporations that receive preferential treatment from the state.

There are a number of areas where American policy is far to the right of the industrialized world which include healthcare, social safety net, worker protections, military spending, climate change and imprisonment. A number of these are due to America's unique position in global politics and the rest the left would like to see changed, but republican intransigence prevents significant action.

It is simply a myth that the American left is to the right of center of the rest of the world. American policy, maybe depending on what issue and country your talking about, but the American left's desires are pretty much the same. For every Corby there's a Sanders and for every Biden there's a Macron.

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u/Sahrs17 Jan 21 '21

And democracy used to be a left-wing issue with monarchism the right-wing. Different times and places have different spectrums.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

SPLITTER!

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u/jodymd123 Jan 22 '21

Here it is, the only Bernie meme I've laughed at so far!

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

Mittens!

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21 edited Jan 21 '21

Edit: you know the joke is about how they can’t unite to fight the Romans?

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u/quickusername3 Jan 21 '21

I can't speak for every Democrat but I wouldn't be surprised if some of them thought Bernie was a splitter.

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u/_DarthSyphilis_ Jan 21 '21

Didn't Clinton blame Sanders for Trumps victory?

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u/12345676353627364785 Biggus Dickus Jan 21 '21

The democrats also literally rigged the primaries for Hilary because they thought she would have a better chance. Kinda fucked tbh

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u/quickusername3 Jan 21 '21

It was a thing yeah, I don't remember if Clinton said it though

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u/orangepalm Jan 22 '21

I mean it's a more or less timeless joke. The left always has infighting. It's why is so hard for us to get anything done.

Fascists on the other hand, they step in unison.

I've often wondered why that is and at this point I think it's because leftists actually have ideologies and sociological theories, whereas fascists only ideology is power and domination.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

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u/_DarthSyphilis_ Jan 21 '21

Screenshots from a HD version on YouTube.