I hear what you’re saying, but an upper-class leftist is really just a right-wing neoliberal (perhaps socially left, but still pro capital/ pro worker exploitation). Leftism doesn’t exist in the US outside of Bernie Sanders and maybe AOC.
I’m not sure we know enough about Luigi’s politics to call him leftist. Didn’t he praise silicon valley execs? Sure, he may have united leftists (anti capitalists) and the working class. But the working class, itself, is right wing in the US. They don’t have class consciousness. There are hints that it remains, like how many Trumpies also voted for AOC, or how many like Bernie. But if they’re voting along party lines, they often do so against their own interests.
An upper class rightist might claim they’re on the side of workers, but they do so while reaching into their pockets and stealing a chunk of the value that they create. Then they reassure those same workers that wealth will somehow trickle down to them.
Edit: There is only really truth to this meme if you treat “left vs right” in the American sense of the words, or just replace them with “democrats vs republicans” or “liberals vs conservatives,” none of which are actually leftists in the classical sense.
I hear what you’re saying, but an upper-class leftist is really just a right-wing neoliberal (perhaps socially left, but still pro capital/ pro worker exploitation). Leftism doesn’t exist in the US outside of Bernie Sanders and maybe AOC.
I’m not sure we know enough about Luigi’s politics to call him leftist. Didn’t he praise silicon valley execs? Sure, he may have united leftists (anti capitalists) and the working class. But the working class, itself, is right wing in the US. They don’t have class consciousness. There are hints that it remains, like how many Trumpies also voted for AOC, or how many like Bernie. But if they’re voting along party lines, they often do so against their own interests.
An upper class rightist might claim they’re on the side of workers, but they do so while reaching into their pockets and stealing a chunk of the value that they create. Then they reassure those same workers that wealth will somehow trickle down to them.
Edit: There is only really truth to this meme if you treat “left vs right” in the American sense of the words, or just replace them with “democrats vs republicans” or “liberals vs conservatives,” none of which are actually leftists in the classical sense.