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> That used to be the case, but it has changed.

No, it hasn't, meaningfully.

> The last 10 years the extreme left in the US has shifted left, passing even the European left

Whether or not it's true, the “extreme left” in the US that may or may not have shifted that way is politically irrelevant.

Meanwhile, of the major parties the Democratic Party has been stable for decades while the Republican Party has shot to the extremes, a process that has continued at a rapid pace over the last decade.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/31/the-repu...



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