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>Doesn't Portugal have an equivalent left wing counterpart? We do have them, it's BE, (hell we even have a Communist Party) - yet they are part of a "coalition
by libertine 6y ago
>Doesn't Portugal have an equivalent left wing counterpart?
We do have them, it's BE, (hell we even have a Communist Party) - yet they are part of a "coalition" with the current government, so they are part of the problem, because they are pushing some of their agendas and avoiding any other agenda that destabilizes the current governmental solution.
So they are effectively part of the "system".
What's the result? The polls show that they are losing votes and popularity.
- soco 6y agoAlso this is following the same trend: 5 Stelle and Podemos heading downwards, while the rightwing surviving all fine. Apparently blaming it on the foreigners is a universal and powerful differentiator. At the same time I'm sure it avoids focusing too much on changing the local mechanisms of power (just on changing the leadership), because in the end they're hoping to profit from them just the same.
- libertine 6y agoHere they are blaming it on refugees, small minorities that receive government support, some criminal actors (like pedophiles), and politicians overall - things that generate anger in some people. Yet no one talks about implementing EU norms to deal with corruption, implement ISO standards for corruption in public organizations/companies, justice system reforms, ban politicians from having jobs in companies/organizations that had businesses with the state (law firms, telcos, energy, construction, etc - this is the standard path for a "successful politician" career in Portugal), etc. This is the true siphon of taxes, private deals where the state is always the underdog and has to pay rents in perpetuity adding up to thousands of millions of euros. It's not the support of minorities, or the refugees boogieman that's coming to take our jobs...