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What do you mean by “left”? Anybody left of Mussolini?

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Left in the sense of being in opposition to the standing or traditional order. The populists were left because they opposed the gold standard and were enemies of Big Business and Banks. I did not say their MAGA descends are still on the Left, they aren't, they dropped their economic arguments long ago and have been on the right since.

The Socialists are considered as Left by pretty much everyone. They don't really have a modern version since they have more or less blending into the progressives. As such they are seen as Left.

The progressives were originally focused on a number of economic reforms supported by the first two Leftist movements which is why I put them on the Left. Today the people who go by this label are usually seen as on the Left.

Most people at the time would seem these movements in the way I presented. So I am not sure to what you are referring.

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Progressives are definitely NOT socialists. You could classify most of them is social Democrats, but the only thing those two things have in common are the first seven letters.

There is no left in America other than Bernie. He’s the only person with both feet on the left side of center. You have 10 or 11 democratic party members that have 1 foot destroyed the line.

The entire ideal what is America has been skewed so far to write a sizable demographic, think Hitler was a communist.

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The classical left is pretty much extinct. Frank Ziedler was probably the last of them who held any significant power. Bernie is now a social democrat, but was once a socialist. But socialism was invalidated long ago, no positive change can come through that ideology. IMO the best road forward would be a modern version of the New Deal, well the Left plays a watchdog role to prevent what happened to the last one from happening again

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Correct take! Mo Udall might’ve actually been a better candidate than Jimmy Carter. He was a true progressive And Ralph Nader was right. They’re both owned by the corporate donor class. Too bad the Green party was so incredibly naïve. They got co-opted by Vladimir and Jill Stein. They were completely human before that happened.

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And your definition of “left” is? Left of Mussolini?

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