I used to be fairly hard left, but after seeing the massive discrepancies between mainstream reporting about some of these supposedly “alt-right” personalities and what the subjects of their articles actually say and do, I’ve started to wonder what other things we’re being told that are complete horseshit, or at least are being run through a left-leaning political filter. It seems like anything to the right of socialism is being cast as alt-right in an attempt to lump it all together.
This is not true. Socialism, as we saw in the election, was quashed by the supposedly fringe-left mainstream media in favor of the centrist corporate candidate Hillary Clinton. There was no leftist candidate available in the 2016 election other than Jill Stein who was not going to win.
Ehhh. If we’re talking about Sanders here, I wouldn’t really consider him a socialist. He calls himself a “democratic socialist,” but his platform was much more “social democrat.” Other than that, I agree. The Overton window in America has been totally shifted to the right. There is no left-wing party, leftists don’t have a voice in national politics.