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[sc94597]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

sc94597 said:

In the context of the United States (this thread is called "US Politics") there has never been an "alt left" in control of the branches of the federal government. The most left-wing governments we ever had in the U.S were social liberal governments, which are at best center-left, and some would argue right down the center. Basically that describes the period of 1932-1953; 1961 - 1969; and maybe if we stretch it far back -- 1861-1875. 

In almost every other period, the U.S has had divided government, centrist governments, or right-wing governments. 

To give more international context, what in the US is considered "far left" would be something in Europe the Christian Social parties or other Center-Right parties would do. Here in Luxembourg, the Cristian Social People's Party was originally called Rietspartei, meaning Party of the Right...

I wouldn't go that far. I think Sanders (if he were in a European context) would probably be anywhere from the left-wing of the mainstream Social Democratic or Green parties to a common member of the explicitly Democratic Socialist ones like Die Linke. 

The political party he once headed, was pretty much a New-Left revamping of the various Orthodox marxist parties of the early 20th century. This was their logo. 

That's pretty much what is considered "far left" here in the U.S (by non-MAGA, I should qualify.) The actual far-left of course are communists, syndicalists, and anarchists.