Because the GOP is no longer "moderate" by American standards, they are autocratic and while their economic views might align closer to the GOP than the far left, the far left (even the CPUSA) isn't autocratic.A somewhat useful (albeit imperfect) analogy is the US & UK fighting with the USSR to defeat Nazi Germany. I say imperfect because yes, the USSR was authoritarian but they weren't as expansionist as Nazi Germany so even though the US and UK were capitalist like Nazi Germany, it was still a greater threat to liberty than the USSR.
Do you think post 2020 moderate Democrats align more with the far left or the Republicans?
Well, given the premise of the question - in fact, the differences between the Biden Democrats and the Trump Republicans could be measured with a micrometer - it is a little hard to answer. That said, if the likes of Senators Manchin, Sinema and Kelly are any indication of "moderate" Democrats, then it must be said that they are more closely aligned with the GOP.
Of course, the problem with the question is that it does not define any of its terms and the one term that it comes closest to defining - the nature of the GOP at this moment in time - is misleading. This making a useful answer to the question problematic at best.
To start, the terms "right," "left" and so forth, are not terribly helpful. The usage comes out of the French revolution, when supporters of a republic sat to the left of the Speaker's chair in the National Assembly, while supporters of the Church and the monarchy sat to the right. While these are common usage in contemporary politics, they actually don't say very much.
Then in terms of the nature of the GOP, the debate in the Georgia Senate run-off election - to cite one example - was over how much money the government should spend. A lot or a lot more.
It was, at best, a difference of degree and not one of kind. Mr. Trump was as eager to write COVID checks as the Democrats - and indeed he split with some of his own party on the issue.
On race relations - the other hot button at the moment - we have Democrats calling Senator Scott, an African-American Republican, being called an "Uncle Tim" - a play on "Uncle Tom" rooted in the Senator's first name. Hardly worse than Republicans advocating against abolishing the police - which by the way is opposed by the aforementioned Democrat Senators Manchin, Sinema and Kelly, among others.
Much has been made of the January 6th "uprising" in Washington, DC, but it hardly differs from the "uprisings" in Seattle, Portland, Chicago, NYC and Washington, DC. Indeed, most in the Congressional GOP were quick to condemn the January 6th in a way while Democrats referred to the "summer of love" in Seattle.
Indeed, the parties at the moment are equally divided between not "left" and "right," but populist and "non" populist wings. The difference being less defined by ideology - and in any case, American political parties are not ideological parties as you tend to see in Europe - then by what constituencies they represent.
The populism of the Democrats being rooted mostly in the upper middle class college educated and well to do. (See also Silicon Valley.) The populism of the GOP being rooted in the lower middle class blue collar workers who - as late as the 1970s were ironically the heart and soul of the Democrat's New Deal coalition.
Thus now you have the spectacle of a GOP that is advocating working class interests - especially on cultural matters - and a Democratic party that speaks for large corporate interests. Alice! Welcome to Wonderland.
Bottom line, particularly given the populist interregnum that is disrupting the normal party divides, to there is no clear cut divide here. The "moderate" Democrats are siding with the GOP on issues like "court packing," "climate change," and the police. The GOP has been writing checks for free money and increased government spending.
Where you sit depends upon where you stand. Neither party is a monolith and the differences in approach are more a function of geography - Maine Republicans look like stereotypical Democrats, West Virginia Democrats look like stereotypical Republicans - than of any ideology.
Far left. Republicans are a live and let live kind of people, unless you get around to piss in their soup. But who wouldn't get pissed off at someone pissing in their soup?
everything they've done are currently doing is straight orwellian and from the communist manifesto. BLM adimited it, they are trained marxist communist and are behind joe biden whispering on how to destroy america
reuniting the nuclear family, pushing capitalism so every man and woman can push themselves to succeed instead of depending on a communist government, pro religion so citizens can make peace with themselves, pro self defence pro gun to protect your family and other.
those are some pretty good qualities if you ask me
If you don't have a social safety net, then people are more vulnerable to predatory lending and unlike the government which could be manipulated into exploiting the public, financial institutions were built from the ground up to do exactly that. And there is more economic mobility in countries with a strong social safety net. The bootstraps "mythos" is just BS (which should have been obvious because it's physically impossible to pick yourself up by your bootstraps).
@Oppressed_Leecher Exactly. Forcing people to conform to what you think is right, no matter what they may want or need. That's how you end up with millions of dead innocents.
Why push your beliefs? Why not just let people be who they want to be, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else? (And, no, fascists don't exactly have a great reputation.)
@goaded tell the leftist fascist that. AOC even suggested making a list of conservatives to do, like how the Nazis made list of Jews and enemies of the state. shindlers list.
they are fascist nazis. true Americans have no tolerance for fascist genocidal maniacs
@goaded well yes that's what's happening to conservatives. they are getting fired from their jobs, doxxed, attacked and are being silenced. its orwellian where you have to keep your mouth shut if you don't conform to the radical socialist destructive ideaologies.
So, your answer is no, and you see no difference between consequences for your speech and actions, which are choices, and persecution for being what you are, which isn't a choice.
Who gives a fuck? It’s the Gaurdian. They are probably citing a flawed source or study. It’s a Leftist publicator. It’s what they do and how leftist outlets operate.
The left is trying to cancel the right over saying bigoted bullshit and the right is hiding behind the whole "the left calls anything that they don't agree with bigotry" trope.
The original bigots themselves the democrats were all originally from the confederate states. They were in charge of the Jim crow laws. And after that shit was made illegal the they moved west and republican became the party of choice in the south
conservative patriots fought against the fascist in the 40s and that's why we are here in glorious untied states of America. if we lost we would of been in an oppressed poor society the last 75 years.
in your mind you see two halves top to bottom don't you? top half is not racist bottom half is? that's very simple thinking
the democrats migrated to states that harbor illegals to get their votes though manipulation dangling free funds in their faces. feeding them programs that'll keep them down as long as they vote blue.
this is how democrats trap them and keep them in chains now, not physically but emotionally. its been happening since the 60s there is no south and north like the old days.
