I can’t really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by “both” sides of the spectrum. It’s just something I find interesting.

  • fubo@lemmy.world
    3310·
    1 year ago

    Nah, one center-right (formerly centrist) and one far-right (formerly center-right). See discussion here and here.

    In gist:

    The Democrats have become the party of international free-trade capitalism with appropriate regulation, and with international policies that represent loyalty to the nation’s traditional alliances.

    The Republicans have become the local representative of the international far-right: the Putin-Trump-Erdogan-Orban-Netanyahu-etc. axis, focused on granting strongman leaders the ability to loot their states, purge opposition even among the elite (see DeSantis-Disney), betray the nation’s traditional alliances (e.g. NATO) in favor of the far-right axis itself, and excite their “base” through hate & oppression of various minorities (e.g. immigrants, LGBTQ+).

    The Democrats are the party of “keep the system working, but when you get a chance, try to make it work better for everyone.”

    The Republicans are the party of “tear the system down, and replace it with loyalty to our authority figures; keep the masses stupid and busy trampling on queers & foreigners.”

    Folks on the left may think that “the system” is shit, or that it can’t be made to work better for everyone. But “keep the system running, it can be made okay” is pretty different from “tear the system down, all you need is loyalty to a strongman” which is what the far-right has to offer.

      • fubo@lemmy.world
        7·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I literally just said today’s Democrats are a center-right party, and today’s Republicans a far-right party. Back when the Republicans were neoliberal, they were center-right. But they’re not anymore; they’re aligned with Putin and the international neofascist tendency.

          • fubo@lemmy.world
            3·
            1 year ago

            Oh! I was using “center-X” vs “far-X” as a distinction. The same distinction could be expressed maybe as “X” vs “radical-X” — the Democrats are “rightist” and the Republicans are “radical rightist” — much in the same way that we might say that social-democrats are “leftist” and revolutionary communists are “radical leftist”.

            A good non-radical leader can be one who is a good manager of the current system, who gently reforms it toward social goals. However, radicals would never accept such a milquetoast weakling; they want someone who will come in, smash everything, “drain the swamp”, and implement the dictatorship of … um … someone.