Sure, but now who are we talking about here? I was taking issue with a broad statement, I’m not really interested in debating how we should place individual politicians on the left/right spectrum one by one, that will make for a very long and tedious debate.
I agree that most Democratic politicians in the USA are de facto conservatives, but I also think our entire system of campaigning, elections and media coverage ensures that conservatives have the advantage. Until that changes the “true left” will always be out-spent and out-maneuvered. For the record, I am all for the DSA, but I’m not going to make a blanket dismissal of capitalism because of ideological orthodoxy.
[edited to add: Remember, communism and capitalism are human constructs, they aren’t natural laws like gravity or the speed of light, nor are they religious dogmas that can’t be questioned. The farther a society moves to the left towards “pure” communism is not a guarantee that everything will be perfect, nor that life will be better and the people happier than they would under a mixed economy.]
