• thesporkeffect@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The upside of that is it works against their overton window dragging, if you are going to be called a commie leftist no matter what might as well lean into it

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          4 months ago

          i think it works against leftist’s goals we they lean into the straw man description of a tankie; it’s turns off liberals a lot

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        How does it work against overton window dragging if saying “maybe people should stop dying of preventable disease in the wealthiest country on earth” gets you labelled a communist? It’s precisely the sign that the overton window is shifted to the far right