Opinion What are 'Radical Left' Beliefs

[cooks1]

I'm often called a 'radical leftie'. I'm curious to find out what other people think that means. These are 10 of my strongest political beliefs. Which are radical left?

 

[Gutter Chris]

I'm often called a 'radical leftie'. I'm curious to find out what other people think that means. These are 10 of my strongest political beliefs. Which are radical left?

Social media and instead of deporting are the 2 most out there things you posted and it's not even that radical its just I disagree the most.


But I wouldn't say you are radical off what you posted.

The super radical shit is all the identity politics/dei America is evil racist sexit colonizer/ hatred for their country culture and people

Almost everything to do with trans people

Gun control

 

[Siver!]

Haha, someone chose taxing millionaires more lol

Everybody point and laugh

 

[Fox by the Sea]

What's your favorite famine?

 

[Misfit23]

Open borders and men can be women.

 

[NickNick]

Open borders and men can be women.

I think you will find a lot, if not the large majority, on the left (at least the left by American standards) don't want open borders in the way the right likes to think they do, IE letting anyone and everyone in no questions asked. I think it's more that people want a not impossible way for people to come in the country and to not vilify and demonize those that try to come in like the right does.

Also, who gives a shit about people that want to transition. I swear I hear more about transgender from the right than anywhere else. I couldn't give two shits if someone wants to live as a man or a woman, it has zero affect on my life nor does it have an affect on the people that vilify them 24/7. They are simply easy targets to rally the base around on. It's such a tiny portion of the population yet it dominates political talking points.

 

[Stoic1]

Abortion should be legal up to the day of delivery.

Illegals should receive free housing and an ATM card with a monthly stipend.

Illegals should recieve free health care.

Taxing the wealthy is the best way to eliminate poverty.

Justice is a transient concept dependent largely on race, sexual orientation, and national origin.



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[Kingz]

I’m tempted to click the abortion and immigration ones but in reality much of the western left is far more extreme on those issues. But I find abortion to be extreme in any case but there would be many who have no cut off whatsoever. They also recognize it’s a life but believe it’s only assigned worth by the mother. Thats fucked

I would say the immigration position is more libertarian since it’s focused on economic benefit above all else and doesn’t disregard actually border security.

A radical left position would be no border security, no deportation period, and we accept migrants of any number for any reason. And they deserve all the same access to resources. Even if they are unlikely to contribute.

Libertarians atleast argue that they shouldn’t get access to any safety net, though that doesn’t stop them from still supporting open borders even when they do get acccess.

I also have problems with health care being solely government run but I don’t view it as a radical position.

The rest I don’t care and most have some support on the right too.

 

[Sweater of AV]

You get what you give.

 

[AZ103]

The thread title doesnt match the thread. It should be "which my beleifs are radically leftist?" You didnt list the radical leftist ideologies outside of abortion.

We just had a democrat president who did nothing to expedite legal immigration and instead let illegals flood the border for instance, calls to take away guns for instance, catch and release of violent criminals for instance.

What im saying is... this thread sucks and wont accomplish anything without a title change or an honest poll on what leftist ideologies are radical.

 

[Kingz]

You get what you give.

Actually, the radical left position would be that is a “fascist” statement

I remember reading commie R. Crumb disowning the Fritz the Cat movie because the end quoted The Beatles song “The End”

“And in the end, the love you take…is equal to the love you make”

Thats the vaunted “bootstraps” and “you make what you earn, not what you think you need” logic that’s repellent to the left

Crumb called it fascist.

A radical left position is the opposite of that. As is written.

 

[DoctorTaco]

Hang tight, a bunch of right winger posters will be among shortly to tell you what the ‘radical left’ believes

 

[Prutfis]

None of that seems radical. Radical left would be communism, anarchism.. Radical leftists would be people like Rote Armee Fraktion.

You should also specify American left/right, since it´s quite different from most of the left in places like western Europe. Same as the US right vs western Euro right. Also the shitty 2 party system and idiotic binary thinking puts a lot of crazy shit under each umbreall (left/right)

 

[Sweater of AV]

Actually, the radical left position would be that is a “fascist” statement

I remember reading commie R. Crumb disowning the Fritz the Cat movie because the end quoted The Beatles song “The End”

“And in the end, the love you take…is equal to the love you make”

Thats the vaunted “bootstraps” and “you make what you earn, not what you think you need” logic that’s repellent to the left

Crumb called it fascist.

A radical left position is the opposite of that. As is written.

You haven't caught the dreamers disease.

 

[Corona]

I don’t think any of those are radical.

But my fav radical left belief is that someone who doesn’t agree with them 100% is a fascist, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, oligarchic bootlicking, dictator simp nazi.

 

[Prutfis]

I don’t think any of those are radical.

But my fav radical left belief is that someone who doesn’t agree with them 100% is a fascist, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, oligarchic bootlicking, dictator simp nazi.

you forgot

 

[Blayt7hh]

Out of all of those, abortion is the only one I see a reasonable person calling radical. I don’t agree with their take but I understand it

 

[Gutter Chris]

Hang tight, a bunch of right winger posters will be among shortly to tell you what the ‘radical left’ believes

I mean isn't that sort of the question he's asking ? I told him what I thought some of the more main stream ideas I thought were wacky but I didn't attribute the positions to him I merely was pointing out that his poll doesn't really have anything too extreme going on

I didn't even add saying you believe in socialism or communism because I don't think most folks who say that have the slightest fucking clue what they are saying or even what that really means.

 

[HereticBD]

Defund/Abolish the police
No limit abortion
Criminal Justice Reform(AKA stop putting criminals in prison)
Legalize all drugs
Sterilizing children
Putting men in women's sports/prisons
Open borders

 

[nostradumbass]

Well I suppose it's easiest to take that somewhat vague list and compare them to the actual proposed positions.

Abortion- There is no blue state in the country that limits abortions to 15 weeks. T

Again, as is mentioned in every discussion on the topic, just saying "more" doesn't mean anything. Taxing unrealized value increases in land or assets is quite radical, as is making people minority partner with the government in their own finances, and taxing anybody at 90% is also radical.

Social media SHOULD be reigned in, but you can't even set age restrictions on hardcore pornography without the left having a meltdown, so good luck taking away their reddit and bluesky.

You know perfectly well that taxing junk food and soft drinks would be met with outrage claiming minorities are most affected. People are outraged at the idea of food stamps having to be used for nutritious food instead of fudge rounds, cheetohs and soda.

Nobody anywhere is calling wanting term limits "radical".