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[–] explodicle@local106.com 6 points 1 year ago

(Silent_clash answered correctly)

Only right extremism is incentivized, with the other party being center-right. There is basically no far left in the USA. Being for sale gives candidates a competitive advantage.

We fought hard to elect a man who stood for "hope and change", only to see him build the surveillance state and tax the poor for the private medical industry. And we thought he was too far left.