It's always been weird to me, red is left and blue is right, it's like this in all countries, why not in the US too? (I'm serious, can somebody please explain to me why the US has different colour for political side alignment that the rest of the world)

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Television channels just used whatever random colors up until the 2000 election, which was close and contested all the way through so they kept having coverage of it. Then they started copying each other's maps until it started settling into consistent colors. Near the end of that election people started saying "red states" and "blue states," at which point it was a lock.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/6/3609534/republicans-red-democrats-blue-why-election

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

This original color scheme was based on Great Britain's political system, which used red to denote the more liberal party.

The Liberal party used yellow, and it's politics lived up to it's name. Red was always the color used by Labour, that used to be left wing, not liberal.

(But yes, I know, they're just politically illiterate and use "liberal" when they mean left)

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In Poland traditionally red is left and white is right (so is in Russia and probably most of region), though that historical left in Poland was monarchists and their leftness was "maybe we should consider that peasants might be humans".

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's nothing extreme or radical about what we desire.

Stopping wanton genocide and bloodshed? The overwhelming majority of humanity stands on the right side of the question, making it the normal stance to hold with those that stand in contrary or opposition to it the true extremists.

This logic applies to everything else we advocate for.

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What next you advocate we get the full value of or labor?

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sorry can you rephrase the question a bit for clarity?

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was being sarcastic, you said we where only asking for common sense things so I was going to be a pearl cluching lib annoyed you dont want the CEO's to make money off the backs of the workers anymore

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

I see. I'll give you a pie in the sky for the attempt

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

In the land where hunting homeless people for sport is considered moderate, liberation is extreme.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Literally me

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

“Pick a side or fuck off” shall be the maxim for 21st century politics. No more playing soft

[–] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Has it ever really been different?

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

de-rhetoric Say one of these fascist or communist things or fuck off.

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

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