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> On the one hand they are socialist A significant number of Yellow vests are on the far right or at least indeed a French version of Trump-ism.
by entity345 8y ago
> On the one hand they are socialist
A significant number of Yellow vests are on the far right or at least indeed a French version of Trump-ism.
- mc32 8y agoMy point is this workers’ movement is problematic for the left because they are a ‘90s labor movement, a pre WTO movement and don’t adhere to what the current left envisions as a proper labor movement despite having all the trappings of a labor movement they generally support. So this makes it clear the modern left cares about politics more than labor in and of itself. When other labor movements have Marxist elements people don’t typically say, yes, but they have a bunch of marxists too, otherwise I’d support them.
- entity345 8y agoThe problem, in France at least, is that the people on the left with currently the most support are leftists who support people like Maduro in Venezuela and seek to destroy capitalism... That is to say: There is no credible powerful force on the left.