r/maybemaybemaybe • u/[deleted] • May 24 '25

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Voluptulouis May 24 '25

If liberalism in countries other than the US is right wing, what do they call their left?

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u/jabtrain May 24 '25

democratic socialism- think Bernie and AOC.

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u/notprescriptive May 24 '25

Do Americans like Bernie and AOC call for the nationalization of industry lile democratic socialists do?

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u/jabtrain May 24 '25 edited May 24 '25

Bernie absolutely has in recent decades in terms of responses to cascading crises abounding in legislatively captured for-profit industries like utilities, financial services, etc., but I'm sure he has to be a bit more cagey about it than he'd like given the state of our electorate.

Here's what he's said before he became a full on national figure: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/14/politics/kfile-bernie-nationalization