Post #2274790

2026-04-13 11:37 UTC

@apenkop@mstdn.social @robertpi@functional.cafe I can't see a stretch on the left if you omit the claims of the far right propaganda. Someone like NY's Mamdani is considered a moderate left in most of Europe's democracies. It is not too far in the past that the people of the US would consider all democratic (the system, not the party) positions as center and deem all positions, that were in favor of denying some people the right to vote, or even human rights as extremist and decidedly un-American. About far right: To even ask whether US-born are citizens (and even more absurd: native Americans!) was off any chart of being a valid question to US justice before the Trump-era.

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@apenkop@mstdn.social 2026-04-13 12:48

@Ulan_KA@social.tchncs.de You're not far off, but the question took the Pope into consideration, so we sought an answer I guessed, of a global nature. In that respect, there is little wiggleroom for the left, apparently too woke to be in the Overton window, and an enormous universe available for all the far right thoughts, memes, lies, rationales, whitewashing etc. @robertpi@functional.cafe

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@hweimer@fediscience.org 2026-04-13 14:58

@Ulan_KA@social.tchncs.de @apenkop@mstdn.social @robertpi@functional.cafe There is considerable evidence that the Democratic party has shifted significantly to the left of the median voter on social issues: https://www.ft.com/content/73a1836d-0faa-4c84-b973-554e2ca3a227 And concerning birthright citizenship, the situation also seems to be a bit more complex: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/birthright-citizenship-support.html

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