He’s right if you define the left wing purely as anti-monarchists, which isn’t a bad definition honestly. But that’s not why he’s saying it. He’s saying it to recontextualize the founding fathers as left wingers, which is great because for some people, that’s the only way you’ll get them to understand that republicans are anti-working class reactionaries.
He’s right if you define the left wing purely as anti-monarchists, which isn’t a bad definition honestly. But that’s not why he’s saying it. He’s saying it to recontextualize the founding fathers as left wingers, which is great because for some people, that’s the only way you’ll get them to understand that republicans are anti-working class reactionaries.