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In the case of Poland, traditional denominations left-right are meaningless. In economic terms, the current government is very leftist: it seeks the votes of th

In the case of Poland, traditional denominations left-right are meaningless. In economic terms, the current government is very leftist: it seeks the votes of the poorest citizens, increases the tax burden of those who earn above average and so on. In many aspects, they are very similar to past socialist governments before 1989. Paradoxically, the officially leftist party that actually ruled Poland for some time was quite progressive in economic terms. So, regarding Poland, instead of using terms like 'left-right', it makes more sense to use something like the Nolan Chart. This would make the current government of Poland closer to the area of "authoritarian," that is, restricting both economic and personal freedom.

max002 5y ago
Cuerrent gov is left? Omg. They support and pay money for ultra right organisation and racist movements! Populism is not "left"!
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
  I'm not sure you understood my comment. What I mean is that traditional denominations like left-right are completely inadequate. It's like arguing that the NSDAP was a leftist party since they had "sozialistische" in the name - trying to cast multi-dminensional phenomena onto one dimension results not just in inadequacy but completely obscures the actual situation. In the case of the current ruling party, they certainly brand themselves as right-wing and they want to occupy the whole spectrum from the center to the right. However, their way of thinking in economic terms, their dislike of private business, their understanding of the function of the government and local government, of centralization, public vs private property etc. - all this is very much related to their experience of the past socialist regime. The reforms they are doing right now basically mean taking money from individual people running their own businesses and transferring them to the rest, creating one of the most weird taxation schemes Poland saw so far.

max002 5y ago

Cuerrent gov is left? Omg. They support and pay money for ultra right organisation and racist movements! Populism is not "left"!

hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
I'm not sure you understood my comment. What I mean is that traditional denominations like left-right are completely inadequate. It's like arguing that the NSDAP was a leftist party since they had "sozialistische" in the name - trying to cast multi-dminensional phenomena onto one dimension results not just in inadequacy but completely obscures the actual situation. In the case of the current ruling party, they certainly brand themselves as right-wing and they want to occupy the whole spectrum from the center to the right. However, their way of thinking in economic terms, their dislike of private business, their understanding of the function of the government and local government, of centralization, public vs private property etc. - all this is very much related to their experience of the past socialist regime. The reforms they are doing right now basically mean taking money from individual people running their own businesses and transferring them to the rest, creating one of the most weird taxation schemes Poland saw so far.