I think you need a bit of perspective mate. Can you provide examples of actual policies the Democrats hold which are more extreme than the Australian Labor party?
The culture war/identity politics bullshit is a neat distraction to keep gullible, small minded voters in their box and stop them from focusing on the things that actually matter.
The gulf of economic inequality is widening and living standards are dropping, particularly in the US and the UK. Right wing politics & media are responding to this the same way they always have: “don’t worry about the fact that you’re worse off than you were a decade ago because you can still punch down on this minority group and feel superior to someone in the social hierarchy”.
It staggers me how many people fall for this, and the amount of time they spend on it, including in this thread.
That the Australian Labor party didn’t get caught up in this is the reason they’re in power right now.
i don't know much about their policies and perhaps it's changed, but didn't they advocate for open borders? Thats further left than recent ALP policy.