• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I mean, by non-US Western standards the USA has never elected someone further left than center right so even Obama wasn’t very progressive either…

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      1 year ago

      I would argue that Carter was, he was even pro solar energy back during his presidency. He got screwed by the whiplash from previous administrations economic policy and got all the blame, so that really framed his time in office. It’s only recently that people have really started looking at his tenure differently.

      Just to add https://theconversation.com/jimmy-carter-in-cuba-46109

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      Tell that to a Republican voter and their heads would explode. “YOU’RE AN IGNORANT LIAR, ALL OF THE DEMOCRATS ARE COMMUNISTS!”

      This is what they’re told to think by the media they choose to consume. :/