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No way, The Economist, a right wing publication, is against non-carceral drug policy. Who could have predicted that.
by ahoy 4y ago
No way, The Economist, a right wing publication, is against non-carceral drug policy. Who could have predicted that.
- slavik81 4y agoThe Economist favours legalization. No, they are not against non-carceral drug policy.
- wisemang 4y agoThe case for legalisation (2001, but still): https://www.economist.com/leaders/2001/07/26/the-case-for-legalisation https://www.economist.com/leaders/2001/07/26/the-case-for-le...
- vorpalhex 4y agoTheir front page is a sex positive article and an anti-Musk twitter article. Just because they say something you dislike doesn't make them "right wing".
- edgyquant 4y agoBecause the economist (a left liberal organization) is evidence based all far leftists will see it as right wing even though it never endorsed conservative candidates.
- foldr 4y agohttps://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/05/02/who-should-govern-britain https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/05/02/who-should-gove...
- foldr 4y agoThey are pretty clearly right-leaning from a British point of view. For example, they endorsed David Cameron and supported austerity.
- boeingUH60 4y agoThe Economist is definitely not a “right-wing” publication…not everything must be turned to tribal politics.
- edgyquant 4y agoThe economist is a center left publication