Post #582163
2026-03-08 05:22 UTC
Correction: It hasn’t had a real left wing since Truman. The Taft-Hartley act effectively excised the trade unions from having anything to do with the Democratic party. Half the Democratic party voted in favour of it, which allowed them to override Truman’s veto.
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@mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 2026-03-08 06:28
I don’t think Truman wanted to change the mode of production lol. Amaleka never had a real left wing.
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@DillDough@lemmy.zip 2026-03-08 11:22
You’re kinda proving their point lol. If you consider the US during that era to even slightly lean left then you have no familiarity with left wing policy and ideology…plus there was the whole, “oh shit, Communism is growing in popularity, quick give them the most bare bones social safety net so they don’t get angry enough to demand actual socialism” thing before they could get the cold war facade up.