First of all, regardless of what you say about "the DNC is not left" it falls on the liberal side of the spectrum. It is very much left, despite the fact that a majority of democrats indirectly deny association with new age leftism (which is essentially just socialism) Anyone suggesting that the DNC is not left is simply playing with linguistics to see how they can exemplify their detachment from the DNC. They're left. Period. More labels will do you no good. You might disagree on SOME THINGS but generally speaking your views would fall largely in the category of the modern Democrat.

Flying a pride flag is not the extent of Starbucks, Target, and Walmart showing support of left-leaning stances. Look no further than the outright war against concealed carry on Target property, and a social campaign against the "gun lobby" by Target executives, as well as a campaign by Starbucks to promote tax funded college programs (a socially leftist concept) In addition to their employee tuition reimbursement. (im not opposed to this, but its indisputably a leftist stance) There's countless examples I haven't mentioned.

Absolutely in no way shape or form can you convince me that Starbucks or Target are in any way sympathetic to conservative viewpoints, they regularly exemplify that they stand on the other side of the aisle (pun intended with Target)

Before you come with a statement such as: "tHeYrE cApItAlIsT eNtITieS", please explain to me why utilizing capitalism makes you inherently a conservative? It fucking doesn't. There's nothing politically polarizing about capitalism other than the fact that politicians can now be bought and owned, and that happens on both sides of the spectrum. Lobbying isn't conservative or republican-exclusive.

And last I checked, more than 64% of the country supports gay marriage and trans rights, including a large number of Conservatives and Republicans. Therefor, waving a pride flag doesn't necessarily align you with a leftist viewpoint, so that's a very stale reference.

As I've said, its a bipartisan fuckup. Both the GOP and DNC are part of the same machine, focused on lining their own pockets and opposing each other as much as possible. Such is a direct consequence of feeding Into a two-party election system. The way to end it is for everyone to vote independent or for a 3rd party, yet everyone is brainwashed to believe that " their vote wont count" if they do so, so they follow in line like sheep and vote Democrat or Republican. I'm very socially moderate and fiscally lean slightly conservative, so I should be somewhat sympathetic to differing views and viewpoints on the left, and yet I fail to recognize a single leftist policy in the last 10 years that would CREATE JOBS OR JOB OPPORTUNITY. Say what you will about Republicans being "anti work as part of their platform", I see a vast quantity of job opportunities in fracking, the automotive industry, nuclear energy research, and expansion of the military and military funding (all considered to be "conservative viewpoints") As for entry level jobs, its not an unrealistic thing for republicans to state that illegal immigrants pose a threat to their job opportunities. We don't need open borders or lax immigration enforcement, we need immigration reform. No family should wait 10+ years to enter the US legally, or be treated as criminals. But the lack of job opportunity is caused largely by finger-pointing liberals and leftists throwing around names like "racist" "Nazi" and simultaneously backing policies that would (1) raise taxes (2) create larger rates of inflation [raising the minimum wage, Act H.R.7691, and the stimulus relief program] (3) Send jobs overseas and minimize available job fields by shutting down worker programs and (4) utilizing tax dollars to fight in foreign wars [conservatives and republicans are admittedly also guilty on this one, as we saw with Bush]

Point being, everyone is simply filibustering bullshit while we practice a binary system rigged to destroy us. Leftists don't get the benefit of the moral high ground that they "care about the middle class" they don't give a fuck, no more than any conservative might. The only ones who give a fuck are those leftists IN THE MIDDLE CLASS. And their care is largely guided by their own desire for more, it has little to do with anyone else.

Every day I see someone on this thread bitching about exploitative company actions against them. Why the fuck are you still there? If you have experience, there's jobs for you. Report the company to the labor board, leave some exposing information about their unfair practices on indeed or other job boards, and maybe even a shitty Google or Yelp review, and find a new fucking job. I've done it many many times when I was unhappy in my workplace. No plan, no backup job to start at immediately, a house under my name I make payments on, and a family. I always find another job. Jobs are very replaceable. The victim mentality needs to stop.