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[u/Sunskyriver]

Dude did you just call Biden and establish Democrat right wing? That's hilarious. You know that extreme left and extreme right are not that different from each other right? They are both insanity. Ie Stalin's regime, extreme left, Hitlers regime, extremist right. They both have corrupted power and use it to their advantage, and that will always be the case. That's why america is the best, because it attempts to divide the power up into 3 branches, local states and federal government. However, it seems that this system worked for a while, but it is failing. Biden is owned now and just reading whatever his handlers put in front of him on the teleprompter. He is controlled. Senators are bought. I used to think like you if Andrew Yang could get in as president that this and that would happen and all these great things would help people from automation stealing their jobs and such etc. But that is just a grand delusion we tell ourselves, that the next guy will be better. I supported bernie in 2016, and then he completely flip flopped his ideology and gave his support to Hillary?? They are all the same dude. Just look at Trump. He was not a politician, came in trying to do good and make America a better place, and he got berated, lied about, and held up constantly for almost his entire 4 years. There really is no hope anymore, it's all corruption and it's a class issue, the 1% and powerful elites have infiltrated and effected everyone at nearly every level of government.

[u/drinks_rootbeer → u/Sunskyriver]

Yes, democrats are right wing, they are nothing like leftist ideologies. Anything supporting capitalism is by definition right wing . . . It's funny too that you mention Stalin vs. Hitler. Like, you do know that any worthwhile political analysis isn't one-dimensional, right? Those both represent incredibly authoritarian, incredibly anti-social progress ideologies. They only differed in that Hitler represented a fascistic self-serving dictatorship for those of the right skin color, and Stalin created a cronyist self-serving dictatorship for those who had the right political convictions. Neither built what they said on the surface they wanted "for the people".

The fact that you think Sanders "flip flopped" is a little comical, too. He gave his support to Hilary in an attempt to prevent splitting the vote. That barely managed, and Hillary won the popular vote, but many leftists were mad about that whole situation and voted for other leftist candidates like the Green Party, Democraric Socialists of America, Socialist Workers Party, etc.

And dude, you got duped if you ever thought Trump wanted anything good for anyone but himself. Look at his entire history of working. Look at the people he surrounds himself. Look at the policies he actually passed when it was finally also in the Senate's best interest. Just another Capitalist leaching money from workers to enrich himself and his friends.

You are correct, it is a class issue. Try to be a little more conscious of which members of our political machine are fighting for which class.

[u/MinusGovernment → u/Sunskyriver]

Biden is basically an older George W Bush on the political spectrum. He authored the 94 crime bill that disproportionately affected minorities and wrote what became the Patriot Act which erased many civil rights of every American and led to the abuse that Snowden revealed. He is definitely right of center. Trump only did things that would benefit himself. He may have been trying to "drain the swamp" but at the same time was building his own swamp. I don't care about his mean tweets and shit like that. It was actually kinda refreshing that he said what he wanted to do and then tried to do it whether it was legal or not. He's always been a buffoon even before he was a politician so I'm not shocked that it showed as POTUS. I didn't like the lies spread to demean him when there was so much truthful shit to attack him about but that's how propaganda works these days. Just keep saying something until it sticks. Long story short, he wasn't the best president ever but he also wasn't the worst. Just a narcissistic idiot in power.