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Zohran Mamdani calls the president of Cuba and Venezuela “dictators who have stifled free and fair elections, jaled political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press” (lemmy.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38725765

https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809

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[+] -11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This meme is just so annoying and dumb. I'm not from the US so yeah the Democrats would be considered right in most EU countries. But saying its either that or anarchy and Communism, is just dumb. Just like the political right, the political left is a spectrum. Where I live we don't have a 2 party system. There is a big difference between a centre right and far right party, same for the parties on the left.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You need to be anti-capitalist as a bare minimum to be a leftist in our view. I get what you mean though, "the left" can mean anything as it's not a concept we universally agree on.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I am anti-capitalist. I consider myself a marxist actually. Yet i'm being called a liberal democrat dick sucker. I don't know why I even bother trying. The gate-keeping is unreal. How the fuck are we supposed to grow as a movement when we shut people out? The right doesn't have this problem. They're willing to work together to achieve their fucked up goals. Why is this so hard for us?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I feel like we're all on edge after so many self proclaimed leftists dropped everything to defend Platner, and now that Trump is killing random ass civilians in the Caribbean and threatening to invade. I know that doesn't mean people defending Mamdani on this quote are okay with imperialism by default, etc etc etc. Assuming you're not okay with imperialism and random civilians being targeted by the US military we're on the same side, I think.

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