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Anon searches for normal politics (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] rchive@lemm.ee -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can probably come up with issues Democrats are further to the left than most other countries on. Abortion, for example.

[–] Cowbee@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

Abortion isn't a left/right issue, but a socially progressive/conservative issue. Left/right are being used in this context to refer to economic composition.

As leftism is historically the revolutionary position, and rightism the conservative, you can technically call abortion protections left, but in this specific context economics are at play.

That's where the whole idea of "socially progressive, fiscally conservative" positioning comes from.