> this isn't a left/right issue either...in the 90/2000s almost every left-wing govt moved in this direction... True, and yet as someone who is extremely liber

> this isn't a left/right issue either...in the 90/2000s almost every left-wing govt moved in this direction... True, and yet as someone who is extremely liberal on social issues and cannot possibly find a home on the right, I still feel uncomfortable among many on the left who don't worry as I do about the potential for stagnation in the absence of competition. It's different than it was back in the 80s but there is still a divide.