• andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    This joke is old, but isn’t ‘leftism’ is generally understood as aknowledging different and unique instead of cutting everyone to the same template?

    • Syl ⏚@jlai.luOP
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      2 months ago

      we are currently experiencing this in France for the european election (and also the previous elections…), not funny when the far-right is at 30%.

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The authoritarian “lefties” are more interested in authoritarianism than being leftist. They’re praising economic systems like China’s, which produces plenty of billionaires, or North Korea’s, which cannot even keep its lights on.