I recently watched videos of Bernie Sanders, who americans call left-wing, and maybe compared to other american politicians he is, but compared to russian opposition he is very like Boris Nemtsov and Alexey Navalny. First is literal founder of Union of Right Forces, second is considered to be center-right.

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Democrat/Liberal candidate’s slogan was “they go low, we go high.”

    The thing is, this is largely kayfabe. The Democrats aren’t that dumb: they lose on purpose. It’s a big good cop, bad cop club, and you ain’t in it. Recent blatant examples under the Biden administration:

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    The Democratic Party’s deceitful game They are willing to bravely support any progressive bill as long as there’s no chance it can pass

    The primary tactic in this game is Villain Rotation. They always have a handful of Democratic Senators announce that they will be the ones to deviate this time from the ostensible party position and impede success, but the designated Villain constantly shifts, so the Party itself can claim it supports these measures while an always-changing handful of their members invariably prevent it.