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Furthermore the socialist party portray themselves as the true left wing party, the greens are confusing liberalism in society with liberalism in economic policy and Labour is somewhere in between. Also the greenleft party usually derides the socialists and Labour as old-fashioned and like now does not want to co"operate with them, because they themselves are the only true progressive (tm) party.
Or to exaggerate a little, the greens are the student city dwellers, labour the old poor people on the country side, although only in certain parts of the country admittedly, and the socialists the new working poor.
And yes, german politics is kinda like dutch politics.
Last Thursday I attended an event with the Danish greens, where it was explained to them, using small words, that the left needs to have an industrial policy if we are to have a prayer of countering right-wing populism.
Based on the Q&A session afterwards, I would be pleasantly surprised if a third of those present understood anything of what was said. Based on the discussion in the audience following the Q&A session, I would be pleasantly surprised if half of those who understood what the talk said did not know it when they arrived.
Lots and lots of nice people and good will there. But no economic analysis worth the paper it's written on.
- Jake Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.
Been there, done that. You are a true hero Jake for actually trying to educate people. It's more than I usually have the energy for. Keep up the good work! Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence." Hasbara is a dead language
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
Often, I find a description of the groups involved has more predicative power on what a party will do then an analysis of the stated ideology. Sweden's finest (and perhaps only) collaborative, leftist e-newspaper Synapze.se
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