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In reply to the discussion: What is the "hard left"? [View all]BzaDem
(11,142 posts)Of course both major parties support capitalism. That doesn't mean there aren't large differences in how the two parties feel about inequality, and what they propose to do about it.
At the very least, the hard left includes people who do not vote for the left-most major party in the general election, due to said party not meeting their standards. This group is numerically small, but that doesn't stop it from being destructive. After all, the German hard left in 1932 was not thrilled that the major left-of-center party supported capitalism, and refused to form a government with them under any circumstances. As a result, the Nazis were able to form a minority government. The rest is history. The hard left of the time didn't need to be large to be able to cause so much death and destruction through their actions.