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TwilightZone

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11. Fetterman isn't far left.
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 12:42 AM
Dec 2023

He's left-of-center. The US doesn't really have much of a far-left contingent. Even Democratic socialism, as espoused by Bernie Sanders, et al, is center-left.

The DSA is probably the closest there is to far-left in the US. They support overthrowing the capitalist system and replacing it with socialism. They only have about 70,000 members, however, so they're not much of a political force (their claims to the contrary notwithstanding), though they tend to be rather vocal.

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