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I didn't say all left wing people were like that, I said it's been a problem of that part of the political spectrum, with the problem getting more extreme the f
by sievebrain 10y ago
I didn't say all left wing people were like that, I said it's been a problem of that part of the political spectrum, with the problem getting more extreme the further left you go.
That said, I think left/right wing politics have faded into the background for now. The EU splits people outside of party lines. Lots of Labour supporters voted out, hence the self destruction of the Labour party itself right now. Lots of Tories voted in. The new ideological divide is between globalists and those who value the nation state.
- thrusong 10y agoI would say it's the same either way you go on the spectrum. Look at the people on the far right supporting Trump.
- tremon 10y agoThe new ideological divide is between globalists and those who value the nation state. I'd rather say the real divide is between people whose politics are expressed along a single line, and those whose political views are well-rounded.
- pessimizer 10y ago> Lots of Labour supporters voted out Nearly 40% of them, which doesn't seem to be part of the narrative at all.
- digi_owl 10y agoLeft/right (aka social liberal/conservative) do not give enough of an resolution. Personally i add a economic liberal/conservative axis as well, and at that point something interesting emerges. those holding socially liberal but economically conservative attitudes seems to have industrial worker backgrounds etc. In earlier days you would find them labeled Marxists, socialists or communists. then you have the socially conservative but economically liberal. In that box you quite often find brownshirts and "self made" men in equal measure. Funny thing is that these two groups, that in other days may well have been in each other throats, have found a common enemy in globalization.