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https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/na-namesti-republiky-se-kona-demonstrace-proti-kapitalismu/1551807 https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/na-namesti-republiky-se-k

by Aoyagi 8y ago

https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/na-namesti-republiky-se-kona-demonstrace-proti-kapitalismu/1551807 https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/na-namesti-republiky-se-ko... Uhuh.

drb91 8y ago
At least they have a proper left.... We could use a lot more of this in the US.
- Scea91 8y ago
  Greens do not hold any political function AFAIK (edit: they still have a few senators). In the past few elections they usually gained only around 3 % of votes. Our 'proper' left parties that have some power are those old-school leftist parties that are pro-Russian. The irony is that they are usually quite fond of Trump.
  - drb91 8y ago
    Discourse is a political function. And I sincerely wish our Green Party had ever gotten 3%. I’m not sure what you consider left but I’d hazard a guess we disagree based on your comment.
    - Scea91 8y ago
      You do not consider Communist party to be left?
- lj3 8y ago
  Only an American leftist could look at the chaos and nonsense that is a former soviet republic and say "how can we replicate that misery in the US?"
  - drb91 8y ago
    Yes, because left = gulag, right? Let’s just toss all the discussion out and give our cash to the nearest billionaire.
    - lj3 8y ago
      Did you miss the part where the bridges were falling down? How can we get ourselves some of that?
      - satai 8y ago
        Falling bridges did have a little to do with right/left politics here.
        SEJeff 8y ago
        Not paying for infrastructure is a globally bipartisan issue
      - stepanhruda 8y ago
        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_International_University_pedestrian_bridge_collapse https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_International_Univer...
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  - SEJeff 8y ago
    I don't think that means what you think it means. "leftists" in the US generally prefer "progressive" and tend to stand for equality and social services. The goal is less income inequality and a higher standard of living for everyone. It is the "a rising tide lifts all ships" kind of idea. This is why they often support higher minimum wages and job training programs for unskilled people to learn skilled jobs.
  - smcl 8y ago
    Czech Republic was never part of the USSR. Warsaw pact, yes. Heavily influenced (and invaded 50 years ago) by the USSR, yes. But you'll look a bit clueless if you say it was in the USSR, and people won't take your opinion seriously.
tjelen 8y ago
That's quite a misleading link - "Mladi zeleni" are not the Green party.
- llcoolv 8y ago
  https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlad%C3%AD_zelen%C3%AD https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlad%C3%AD_zelen%C3%AD "Mladí zelení jsou úzce navázaní na Stranu zelených" Young greens are tightly linked with the Green party. It is in fact the youth wing of the green party.

by Aoyagi 8y ago

https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/na-namesti-republiky-se-kona-demonstrace-proti-kapitalismu/1551807 https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/na-namesti-republiky-se-ko... Uhuh.

drb91 8y ago

At least they have a proper left.... We could use a lot more of this in the US.

Scea91 8y ago
Greens do not hold any political function AFAIK (edit: they still have a few senators). In the past few elections they usually gained only around 3 % of votes. Our 'proper' left parties that have some power are those old-school leftist parties that are pro-Russian. The irony is that they are usually quite fond of Trump.
- drb91 8y ago
  Discourse is a political function. And I sincerely wish our Green Party had ever gotten 3%. I’m not sure what you consider left but I’d hazard a guess we disagree based on your comment.
  - Scea91 8y ago
    You do not consider Communist party to be left?
lj3 8y ago
Only an American leftist could look at the chaos and nonsense that is a former soviet republic and say "how can we replicate that misery in the US?"
- drb91 8y ago
  Yes, because left = gulag, right? Let’s just toss all the discussion out and give our cash to the nearest billionaire.
  - lj3 8y ago
    Did you miss the part where the bridges were falling down? How can we get ourselves some of that?
    - satai 8y ago
      Falling bridges did have a little to do with right/left politics here.
      - SEJeff 8y ago
        Not paying for infrastructure is a globally bipartisan issue
    - stepanhruda 8y ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_International_University_pedestrian_bridge_collapse https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_International_Univer...
    - deleted 8y ago
      [deleted]
- SEJeff 8y ago
  I don't think that means what you think it means. "leftists" in the US generally prefer "progressive" and tend to stand for equality and social services. The goal is less income inequality and a higher standard of living for everyone. It is the "a rising tide lifts all ships" kind of idea. This is why they often support higher minimum wages and job training programs for unskilled people to learn skilled jobs.
- smcl 8y ago
  Czech Republic was never part of the USSR. Warsaw pact, yes. Heavily influenced (and invaded 50 years ago) by the USSR, yes. But you'll look a bit clueless if you say it was in the USSR, and people won't take your opinion seriously.

tjelen 8y ago

That's quite a misleading link - "Mladi zeleni" are not the Green party.

llcoolv 8y ago
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlad%C3%AD_zelen%C3%AD https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlad%C3%AD_zelen%C3%AD "Mladí zelení jsou úzce navázaní na Stranu zelených" Young greens are tightly linked with the Green party. It is in fact the youth wing of the green party.