
Originally Posted by
Grumph
Interesting. You've just exposed your lack of knowledge of politics generally. The US does not have a left. By world standards - and even by NZ standards - the Democrats are center right.
Exactly. America has become skewed waaay right. Biden would be a fit in the National Party here. AOC is regarded as extreme left by Republicans but she would fit in to a centre left party in most countries. Many of her ideas, regarded as crackpot left in the US, are already law in most western countries.
America is a very backward place socially. The US minimum wage has been $7.25 per hour since 2009. In the richest nation on earth. Whoopee!
The US is the only country that doesn't have nationally mandated annual holidays. Many people have no sick leave or maternity leave.
There is poverty in the US beyond what can be found even in the poorest parts of Britain. And Britain is seeing the reappearance of nineteenth century deprivation diseases such as rickets and scurvy. Unlike Britain though we're not talking big cities in the US, we're talking rural whites. People who almost certainly vote Republican.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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