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		concordDance on April 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Judge acquits Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey on... There's a few distinct axes commonly labelled "left". The Democrats are quite left on some axes (e.g. concern about racism) and less so on others (e.g. siezing the means of production).

petesergeant on April 26, 2024 [–]

We used to call this liberalism

yareal on April 26, 2024 | [–]

Some of us still do, as a useful delimiter between leftist politicians vs the centrist positions held by the democrats.

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