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Don’t worry, the communists of Lemmy are already celebrating the Trump victory.
They were never leftists, or if they are, then they’re extremely anti-American leftists who want to see the US burn, not improve.
Yea but with the republicans you already sorta expect it. Harris pivoted from a really sensible campaign that honestly I think would’ve won, to “look at all these rich people, celebrities and even right-wing warmongers who support me!” - and while I get the point - a dirtbag like Cheney supporting Harris is a sign of how fucked up Trump REALLY is - the message might not have been as clear to everyone.
So this is a bit hard to gauge because (as you most likely know), outside of the US, it isn’t just a left-right line that explains everything.
In my experience the far right shitbags are more about “Keep our country ours” and “Keep the tradition of marriage pure” (aka let’s deport all black people and criminalize the gay). But in my country at least they want to keep healthcare and such. It’s the liberals, aka the center right, that wants private health insurance. At the same time, the liberals socially are quite liberal…
Yes, that’s how it’s supposed to be.
People in my country complain that parliament gets paid way too much, but it’s 1) indexed to the mean (or maybe it was the median, I forgot) and 2) meant to be high so that they can comfortably live life without taking any bribes, while also having a long-ass commute for anyone who didn’t already reside in the capital.