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Democratic political strategy

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works -4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Remember back in the past, when Democrats were communists and Republicans were social Democrats? Oh wait, that never happened, this graph is nonsense

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[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

/genuine question, asides from the obvious of republicans adopting left policy, what would have to happen for another party switch to occur?

like, i know it happened once. wondering what circumstances and context brought that about and if that’s even a realistic framing to think about today’s world?

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Knowing Better has a good video about the Party Switch, although I'm not sure it's applicable to today

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[–] prototact@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Frankly the people are the ones moving further to the right because the state does not educate them and regulate corporate power, transforming the public into a myopic panicked herd.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

just playin' the long game. won't be long now and it will loop around to the far left.

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, everyone's hoping for the bit overflow

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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Yup, we just need to accelerate and we totally won't end up in a fascist dystopia

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

I always knew the political quadrant was, topologically speaking, shaped like a pacman game

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Ah, so they are doing horseshoe theory in real life?

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That's a slope, not an aisle

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