Quote Originally Posted by ganulv View Post
Relative to the rest of the world do we even have a left in the United States?
Well, the average Republican would be considered a Nazi in Germany (and many neocons would have run the risk of getting incarcerated as criminals), while the Democrats' "progressive" left wing reminds me of our 1950's conservatives save for what Americans call "social" (= sex-related) topics.

There are a couple countries without a true left wing or with an entirely ineffectual right wing, so the U.S. is not alone in its political extremism.