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Sorry, but no. Those things used to be like that, but they aren't any more. It seems even ironic(no doubt you didn't mean it as such). Let me give you Poland as
by Roark66 4y ago
Sorry, but no. Those things used to be like that, but they aren't any more. It seems even ironic(no doubt you didn't mean it as such). Let me give you Poland as an example where the "right wing government lead by an ex-banker" has established the biggest system of social benefits we've ever had in the country(and won its second election as a result). Why are they considered right wing? Because they are social conservatives, pro religion in schools, against "lgbt culture", abortion etc. Then there is one of the oldest parties of the "left" (descendants of the old communist regime). Despite a lot of talk about social equity, "working people" etc, when they did rule the benefits available were one of the lowest since the transformation (that however may have been more a function of them being a band of thieves rather than ideology, but I digress), at the same time that "left" party had many people in there that used to be openly homophobic not that long ago. These are just two examples which many people will no doubt a lot to add to. Also, why are those terms of left/right so meaningless in my country today? Mainly because two opposing camps now are not divided between left and right, but those that don't want the thieves to get back in power(even if they disagree with a lot of actual policies of the ruling party at least most of them are not thieves), and the other camp that is convinced the ruling party tries to establish a fascist dictatorship so they prefer pretty much anything else. There are more nuanced points to make, but this is the gist of it.
In a sense you can see it applied to the entire EU. Social conservatives are described as fascist, homophobes etc while the other side is portrayed as horribly corrupt, inefficient, nepotic. And both sides of course say the other is the one that breaks the rule of law(which they both do). The economic policies disappear in all of this.