It would be if you’d compare their program to that of the other left parties here

With a program that’s more leftist than the actual left party, yes

no, we have another party for that in Belgium (Vooruit). Groen has a leftist program

deleted by creator

deleted by creator

wrong, I support the green party (multi-party system, you should try it)

I am very very very left wing, BUT I can get really annoyed with a lot of those “on my side” advocating for the most idealist of all idealism, as if it’s a contest. Feels like a competition of “who’s the bestest and mostest leftist of all”. You scare people away and - not justifying it - but I get why some people get upset with “the left” because of this…

Slift, they are an amazing experience live! Three guys from France with a live sound that’s just massive. You’d never think it’s just the three of them. Amazing show, lots of energy and the visuals make it a perfect experience. Mind blowing!

jemig!

as in a phrase from a video game:

“Hey you, you’re finally awake”

depending on your skills and what you’re looking for quite okay tbh

I was an hour ago, but now I’m back at my desk scrolling through Lemmy and Mastodon while following cycling (Volta ao Algarve) on my laptop. Social media manager sure is one hell of a job. I think I’ll get another coffee

Politics and social media both have a major impact on your life. Imo it’s impossible to disconnect (pun intended) them from each other. Social media is basically the 21st century version of the town square. People talk about politics, that’s just how it is

I’d like to understand what you’re saying, but you’re not saying much at the moment

what do you mean?

Oh if you’re into politics, it’s very interesting to follow hahaha. It’s definitely not ideal, but better than a two party system for sure. Also not that difficult of a system, but for outsiders it can be a lot I think. I also struggle to fully understand the American system, with the value per state etc. Forming a new government is fun and exciting, plus it gives you some hope that a terrible minister will lose his function four years later

And doing what you can is still better than doing nothing!

Yeah, Germany has its elections on Sunday. I’m anxiously awaiting those results, tbf. You’d think Germans know how well it went the last time the extreme right-wingers were in control, but you never know…

In Belgium, we had elections for the federal government in June and regional (Flanders, for me) government in October. Although the right wing gained a lot of votes, we were able to form a government without the extreme right. At the moment we still have a “cordon sanitaire”, look it up, I think it’s quite nice. The extreme right-wing party says it’s undemocratic, of course, but in this case I don’t mind. The formation took 236 days, tho, but that’s another story. We still hold the world record for longest period without a government (592 days in 2018-202, breaking our own record of 541 days in 2010-2011)

oh, valid… but stay strong! we’ll all get through it one way or another

This is the most positive take I’ve read on this topic so far. I hope it’s true and it’s all more circus than it seems, but it’s scary tho