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I want to know where Mandami fits compared to my own nation's political left-right spectrum, going through his stances and theirs, how do I go about it? (lemmy.ml)

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Now I know a country is not the same as a city, but my country, the Netherlands, is small and densily populated, so maybe they're somewhat comparable?

I hear Mandami is considered from extreme-left to what he professes himself as democratic socialist, which to me would mean left-wing. I however keep pushing every US politician one or two positions to the right, but that's just vibes. So I would like to compare his stances to at least five political parties from my country, but where do I start?

Should I post an ask Lemmy on each topic how they compare to Mandami starting with housing? Because I would imagine the stances of each party on just one topic would already make quite a long post.

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I'll try and make several posts on this subject.

Part 1 - My vibes list of American youtubers & politicians

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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

I think you're kind of comparing apples to oranges, we're pretty fucked over here right now

I'd call him a progressive. He has socialist ideals, but he's operating as a populist - he can't get out there and say "we're going to do free healthcare" because we're not there right now

It seems to me that he'll be as left-wing as the moment allows, but what he's actually pushing for is pretty tame IMO