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On what Americans call Left and what the rest of the world call Right or Center-right. Since this is about India this is incorrect. HuffPost is center-right.

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I wouldn't exactly consider the left in India, or most of the west for that matter, "left" of the American left. This is true on some dimensions but certainly not many others, at least speaking as someone who has lived in both the US and western Europe.

Look at this political map from when the extreme right wing is rolling over Europe and when lots of politicians were very scared of what is to come. Talk of rise of fascism etc. is seen every day in papers. The future looks bleak:

https://www.politicalcompass.org/euchart

Then look at this and see that the scary wave in the EU is close to Biden 2020:

https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2020

Being scared of rise of fascism and extreme right wing parties in Europe == US Democrats 2020.

Americans refuse to see reality. It is as if they are embarrassed by it somehow.

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