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[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First of all, I don't know which country you are talking about which put these policies in place. And it does not matter as it does not alleviate the exploitation inherent in capitalism, it only puts a nice coat of paint iver it...

[–] nemesis_aorta@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re probably US-American, who thinks liberalism is the farthest you can get as a “leftist” and that liberalism is not just spiced up centre(-left).

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

could be the case, ppl from the USA often assume they are the center of the universe for whatever reason

[–] jdsquared@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, have you ever looked at a map? We are always right in the center of it!

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

good one. Smth else that I find quite funny as well: ppl from the US equating "America" with "USA" as if they are somehow more important than two literal continents