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[โ€“] davemeech@lemmy.ca 141 points 2 years ago (12 children)

2016 US elections was a ridiculously sobering moment for realizing that we had not progressed nearly to the extent that I nievely thought.

[โ€“] atp2112@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Up until that point, I was a naive centrist that thought sane liberalism would win out. That election single-handedly destroyed that view and slammed me hard to the left.

[โ€“] luthis@lemmy.nz 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You're probably in the real center now, my understanding is American center is to the right, and their left is actually closer to center

[โ€“] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

The US Democrats are center right in many aspects yeah.

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