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[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

By your insane definition, the Democratic party is center right

That's most of the world's definition. America has a conservative party and a right-wing nutjob party.

If you don't like facts, you're going to hate it when I start pointing out policy differences between them and left-of-center parties. XD

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] knightly@pawb.social 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Boo-hoo, America isn't the center of the multiverse.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is the center of the American presidential election, dumbass.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I dunno how else to explain it, bub. America is in the world, so I use the world's political scale.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why the fuck would you do that? It's not a global political contest. It's one internal to the United States.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Either I'm not understanding the question, or you've got some weird ideas about politics. America does not exist outside the context of the world, why the fuck wouldn't I consider the full range of politics when evaluating an internal contest?

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This topic is specifically about American politics.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You're talking about the America on Earth, right?

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] knightly@pawb.social 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No, no. Lets be extremely clear here.

You think America is exceptional among countries on Earth for some reason, right? It's special so it gets to have its own special definitions for common political terms, right?

Elaborate on that for me, if you would.