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SSJGodMawile posted...

these are fair points, but in my view you'd be doing yourself a favor by removing yourself from the label of far-left

any sort of extreme label, whether it be far-left or far-right, has an inherently negative connotation and will make it more difficult for people to see your point of view

i think social democracy is the best system we could realistically have as of now and yet i wouldn't call myself far-left at all, nor would i consider you far-left

tbh i mostly take on that label because i think i do an okay job speaking for the objectives of the 'far left' and i'd hate for those objectives to be associated with someone who's worse at it

i certainly don't think we're far-left on the global scheme, and i think far more americans agree with us than are represented politically--but in terms of political representation, 1-2% of senators and representatives are in line with our viewpoint. that would make us extremes within the US political system. not even nec. within the US as a whole.
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