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> Google's been caught red handed deliberately manipulating political content

Sorry, do you have a better link handy? This primarily looks like a fundraising page.

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A really strange fundraising page too that claims to be non-partisan but quotes three different far-right hacks.

I'm really curious, can you name someone who you think is just "right"? Like who isn't "far-right" in your opinion?

I'm from the UK, so it's a relative concept. The US, except for some fairly small pockets of actual socialist left-wing thinking, is much further to the right. A lot of western europe loved Obama, but in reality he was closer to the UK Conservative party than the UK Labour party.

But I'm even more curious, would you not describe Tucker Carlson as far right in his views?

On social issues average European and its country is way more conservative than average American. You're comparing economical standpoint here and I agree with that.

> On social issues average European and its country is way more conservative than average American.

Dubious.

Certainly not Western Europe.

I mean it's simply not true, ask any non-European person who has lived on both continents where he feels more welcome.

On what social issues are excatly Euros more left wing compared to Americans?

Universal healthcare, unemployment benefits, workers' rights, LGBTQ rights, prison policy, police behavior and control, social safety net, lack of religion in politics, free or extremely cheap education including higher education, and that's just off the top if my mind?

> ask any non-European person who has lived on both continents where he feels more welcome.

I gladly concede this, but this is just one element of social issues.

LGBT rights are definetly better off in America and then you listed a lot of economical issues that have very little to do with left or right in Europe. Matter of a fact in Eastern Europe the left wing economical policies are what is keeping socially Conservative people in power.

I really don't see how these are economical issues:

> Universal healthcare, unemployment benefits, workers' rights, LGBTQ rights, prison policy, police behavior and control, social safety net, lack of religion in politics, free or extremely cheap education including higher education

> Matter of a fact in Eastern Europe...

Thats why my first answer was: Certainly not Western Europe. My knowledge of Easter Europe is nonexistent, so I won't dare say anything about their circumstances.

At great risk here, I have to say I agree based on my own experience. Often times people conflate government-funded systems like healthcare or taxpayer-funded university as being socially progressive. I wouldn't do that. You can have universal healthcare and ban gay marriage in your country, for example.

Tucker Carlson is unhinged from reality and espouses wild conspiracies which falls squarely in the far right.

> wild conspiracies

which ones ?? russiagate hrc lies ??

I would generally call most of the "never Trump" conservatives "right but not far-right". I.e. people like Rick Wilson and Mitt Romney.

David Frum

Liz Cheney

Mitt Romney

David French

Reason media (Libertarian)

Andrew Sullivan

These all tend to fall under the more 80s/90s Neoconservative or Liberalism banner instead of the more aggressive New Right

That's a coverage artifact - if Google is manipulating politics in favor of democrats, then the only coverage you'll find is going to be on the center to the right wing platforms. American media in all its glory.

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