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Not in this case. The social democrats would be another party (PSOE). She is part of the Communist Party of Spain, a Marxist-Leninist party. They are part of th
by miguelxt 4y ago
Not in this case. The social democrats would be another party (PSOE). She is part of the Communist Party of Spain, a Marxist-Leninist party. They are part of the government in coalition with PSOE (through Izquierda Unida and Podemos, both hard-left parties).
- anthk 4y agoI an from Spain. PSOE is not Social Democrat party since long ago. It's a progressive center party. The actual Social Democrats are from IU/Podemos.
- unity1001 4y agoHaving adopted socially progressive issues does not make IU or Podemos less communist. As in the name - United Left. They unite everyone from Anarcho syndicalists to Marxist-Leninist. That's a communist party, a united front like how the united front was invented 100 years ago at the turn of the century.
- anthk 4y agoI repeat, I'm from Spain. I know perfectly my politics. Actual commies, the Marxist-Leninist ones do not stay aside with Izquierda Unida. Even less with Podemos.
- unity1001 4y agoYou seem to think that 'being from somewhere' makes you an expert. I also know Spanish politics. And from what I know, you are basically saying that you are a social conservative. That's the argument of the left who criticise those two parties for 'not being left enough'. I personally know some of them. I see quite a lot of proper Marxist-Leninists among the ranks of both parties. As I said, them not being conservative enough or allying with social progressives does not make them any less ML, leave aside any less communist.
- miguelxt 4y agoI guess they are No True Scotsman, but according to themselves [0], to the EU parliament group they belong [1] and my own personal observations, they can mostly be classified as social democrats. [0] https://www.psoe.es/el-socialista/reflexiones-sobre-la-nueva-socialdemocracia/ https://www.psoe.es/el-socialista/reflexiones-sobre-la-nueva... [1] https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/who-we-are/our-presence-in-europe/national-parties?party-name=&party-country=354 https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/who-we-are/our-presenc...
- midoridensha 4y agoIsn't voting for this party a bit like voting for Hitler or Stalin? What I mean here is, their party sounds like it's ideologically opposed to democracy, so once they have power, they'll simply turn authoritarian, and your country won't be democratic any more.