Why is it that when democrats don't get what they want they lash out against the actual left, instead of the far-rightists (who are actually making things worse)?

I still see democrats blaming "Bernie bros" for costing them the election, which is seriously wrong.

I wouldn't be surprised if eventually some of them begin to blame "the woke" for their defeats

"History will not be kind to us"

I mean, the US also supported the Guatemalan genocide and appartheid South Africa, yet nobody gives a crap.

The word "liberal" is associated with the right everywhere except the US.

Vietnam war all over

"Foreign agents are brainwashing our youth to be against the war"

If MLK existed in current time, he would be called a tankie by most people on Lemmy.

His political ideas would be regarded as extremist, and the majority of the people here would not have supported him.

As someone from Latin-America, I think this happens for a number of reasons, including:

1. The legacy of colonialism: The spanish caste system left a strong imprint on latin american culture tha hasn't disappeared yet. This basically boils down to: Ligth skin good, dark skin bad. T

2. Right-wing propaganda through the internet: The terms "SJW", "Woke" "Forced diversity" and whatnot have become very widespread in the hispanic internet. You can go to any hispanic forum and you will find people complainig about "wokies ruinning their videogames/movies, etc"

3. US-backed anti-socialist propaganda: The US pretty much killed all leftist movements in Hispanic-america during their infancy. When it didn't kill them, it still acted with hostility towards them. On the contrary, far-right movements were tolerated if not supported directly. This has created the perfect environment for the far-right to prosper.

There are probably other reasons, but these are almos certainly involved

Now watch as all the corporations that paused their advertising slowly return to the platform.

And all of that is a consequence of demonizing and extinguishing all the left-wing movements in the US. And the democratic party is complicit in that.

It certainly says something about the average american that they are more willing to tolerate a fascist than a socialist.

"He might lose some pro-palestinian voters but gain some pro-israel moderates"

This is the main problem with the democratic party. They are always tryign to please the far-right, but they are unwilling to compromise with the far-left

This whole thread just reminded me why I hate techbros. Thanks

Most of those left-wing governments in Latin-America were democratically elected. The US had no problem supporting the far-right dictatorships that came afterwards.

An apology is meaningless if democrats are not willing to support any left-wing movement in Latin America. And that includes those who identify as socialists.