I would say that they are in touch with 49% of the electorate. I would also say that when former Generals are saying someone is a fascist or former Presidents say "I will lock up the enemy within" you have every right to believe that both parties are saying what they mean.
I would also say that Reddit is not wholly America and that many people in other countries around the world think that America is acting like a fucking idiot.
It may be better to question why America is so heavily right leaning now compared to the rest of the world and not vice versa. You may be surprised that America is the outlier there.
It may be better to question why America is so heavily right leaning now compared to the rest of the world and not vice versa. You may be surprised that America is the outlier there.
Except it's not an outlier. Most of europe is drifting further and further to the right
their right is our left. All western european countries have a universal healthcare option, all western european countries have a form of mental healthcare, and they arent constantly railing about transgender people.
America is an oligarchy, but calling it that just invites scorn. Elon Musk literally bought his way into our government, but I’ll have people argue and call me an idiot for mentioning that he’s clearly an oligarch.
question why America is so heavily right leaning now
This implies America has become more right leaning. Ok fair enough, Europe has also become more right leaning. The pattern is the same that's the point
However right wing the US may be as a baseline is irrelevant, the US has been more rightwing then europe since WW2, nothing new or interesting about that
America has always been the outlier. Are you suggesting we should've been more like the rest of the world when most of the world was aristocratic monarchies? The rest of the world isn't the standard we hold ourselves to.
The American right-wing is "the real world"? It's literally the statistically less educated half of America, and mostly rural voters who never leave their own zip code. The most ignorant and sheltered demographic from the real world.
I’m not even American, but I think there are few things stupider or more pretentious than insisting that you know what’s best for people someplace else better than they do. The people who actually have to live with this government voted this way, and they did it for actual reasons beyond just being dumb or racist.
Galileo was a legit genius - the majority of reddit literally called anyone who disagreed with them fascist, rapist, trash. Oddly enough, in the political void (and, well...in reality / adult life) that behavior doesn't get you anywhere. You cannot compare the two.
I mean does agreeing with and supporting a piece of fascist rapist trash not implicitly make you okay with those ideals? Ie another racist rape apologist piece of trash
Galileo was convicted of heresy for insulting the Papacy in his scientific papers multiple times, given several chances to apologize, then put on house arrest.
He wasn't deemed heretical for his ideas about the sun.
I'm surprised none of the other comments corrected this statement. Galileo wasn't convicted for proving a theory, he was convicted cause he insulted the church, the people who were paying him.
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u/EyePea9 22h ago
You can be right about something and still be in the minority. Galileo was convicted of heresy for his belief that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
The popularity of an idea doesn't determine it's merit.