• Zak@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    And they learned that the left is bad rather than that authoritarianism is bad. Wrong lesson.

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      13 days ago

      Many of them grew up experiencing “communism” or “socialism” as bad in their daily lives, it’s the reason they usually left. Whether what they experienced actually matches the real definitions or not is secondary.

      They come to the US and one of the two parties is using phrasing that matches their experience, so that’s what they will flock to.