• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    You managed to pick some of the most corrupt authoritarian countries I could think of.

    No shit, Sherlock, that was the whole point

    Either way, when it comes to states without competing parties it becomes kind of hard to have a “left” party and a “right” party.

    No shit Sherlock, that was the whole point

    When people say “Democrats are actually right wing compared to most other countries in the world”, they mentally exclude almost every country except European ones. So what they really mean is “compared to Europe”.

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      7 months ago

      No, just compared to the developed world and the democratic world. There are developed countries outside of Europe, you know like Australia, Canada, NZ. There are very few developed countries it doesn’t apply to – like previously mentioned Japan and SK and some in Europe. A majority of democratic countries also have left-wing parties – ones far more left than the democrats – like, again, many in South America (Chile, Argentina, etc.) and even India as you mentioned. Even most democratic Middle Eastern & African countries have at least one leftist party that is undeniably more left than the Democrats, as well as ones which aren’t fully democratic but still have competing parties or factions (like Jordan, Syria, and Palestine).

      Authoritarian/fascist countries are irrelevant to the conversation, I’m not sure why you thought to bring something like Saudia Arabia or Russia in.

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        7 months ago

        Australia, Canada, NZ

        Europe with extra steps lol

        Most countries don’t have a first past the post voting system, so there’s a profusion of parties. A fairer comparison would be powerful coalitions (which is arguably what the Democratic party is anyway, a coalition).