The generally accepted definition of a leftist is someone that opposes capitalism. There is no real political force in the US that opposes capitalism, so the US doesn't have a left. It has a center, and a right-to-far-right,
Read up a bit about fascism. You'll find that's it's not just the Nazis in 1942.
This is a very broken and poor working definition. You can be leftist without being anti capitalist. Leftists don't believe in the "free market fixes things" or trickle down rhetorics. Speaking as a left leaning Canadian.
Leftist capitalism would see government regulation over industry which is of vital societal importance. America has bodies regulating food, medicine, construction, and others. Leftist capitalism often seeks to extend regulations to the benefit of the average citizen.
One example is Canada recently forcing telecoms to unlock phones. Another might be provincial transportation services being either government owned or privately owned with a high degree of government oversight. Their prices then remain low with moderate levels of profitability instead of high prices seeking higher levels of profit.
I'd say the majority of leftists believe capitalism needs to be carefully kept in check, with only more extreme believing it should be abolished. Though many do believe certain industries require far more government oversight than they currently have, or that certain things like health care or education should be made into a social service.
If so, I'd say you are a left-leaning liberal, not a leftist. Economically, you are firmly in the center.
Europe has a much greater variety of politicians (right and left) than America. The center/left/right paradigm doesn't make much sense here (as much as compressing all possible political positions into a 1-dimensional spectrum makes sense anyway.)
As requested, as provided. Anyone who preaches the supremacy of the white race I think can be fairly characterized as fascist.
The majority of Republicans are indeed neoliberals, but there are and have been avowed white supremacists and fascists. Various republican-aligned groups in the US actually cooperated with the NSDAP.
> Various republican-aligned groups in the US actually cooperated with the NSDAP.
If we're bringing up stuff from the 1930s, you're not going to like what the Democrats were doing from then until 70s.
When AOC shows support to a Marxist-Leninist State and party, and when she loudly claims for the seizure of the means of production, you'll have a point. So far, the most extreme thing she's advocating for is Nationalized Healthcare and investment in infrastructure. I don't really think you can equate that with complaining about the white genocide. Her policies and rhetoric are at the very most that of a left-leaning liberal anywhere else in the world.
So no, your argument doesn't really hold up.
If you're going to claim that the Democrats were collaborating with the Soviets, I'd like to remind you that Mccarthy was a Democrat.
goes slightly beyond investment into infrastructure
The "you don't work - you don't eat" idea is not "rightists". It's just a basic law of nature.
Do you think that the Republicans are quite far on the left side of the spectrum? Because last I've heard they haven't repealed food stamps yet.