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Why American left is so right-wing? (lemm.ee)

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I recently watched videos of Bernie Sanders, who americans call left-wing, and maybe compared to other american politicians he is, but compared to russian opposition he is very like Boris Nemtsov and Alexey Navalny. First is literal founder of Union of Right Forces, second is considered to be center-right.

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[-] uis@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Its a one-party state where both parties are "fluid", one acting as the "foil" / controlled opposition

You know, you made me thinking. After seeing this describtion, Sanders reminds me of Furgal - member of LDPR. "Tea and bun. But there are screams for entire country, that bad governor decided to slightly reduce expences on ourselves[regional goverment]. 11 billions. 11 billions we spend on ourselves, but all kids get is tea and bun". For context LDPR is puppet-party.

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