• Fribbizz@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    The American use of the word “moderate” irks me anyway. An American “moderate” Democrat passes as a non-rabid conservative elsewhere. The Overton-Window has been shifted to the right to an extent that’s not funny anymore.

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      2 days ago

      It’s not only “not funny,” it’s frightening. The Overton window is so far right that fascism is actually inside the window now.

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      Moderate means someone between the Democrats and Republicans. So, a very right leaning fence sitter, rather than an actual demographic. Meanwhile, the American population actually sits center left on preferred policy positions.