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> That The Economist, the City of London's answer to Pravda, published this article at all is telling. Do you mean it's extremely left wing? Or pro-authoritari
by blowski 3y ago
> That The Economist, the City of London's answer to Pravda, published this article at all is telling.
Do you mean it's extremely left wing? Or pro-authoritarian capitalist? Or the most left-wing publication you can find in an otherwise capitalist group?
- captainbland 3y agoI'd assume they meant (generally) uncritically pro City of London corporations and the London influenced strain of economic liberalism which they represent. But I do think it's a bit of hyperbole in a way, although I'm only tangentially familiar with the publication.
- mikrl 3y agoI wouldn’t read that much into it. Pravda is both the Russian word for ‘truth’ (правда) and was/is a publication advancing the interests of the USSR/Russian state establishment. The ‘economist’ implies a similar ‘truthfulness’ (it must be right about the economy if it’s an economist!) and advances the interests of the London financial establishment.
- fmajid 3y agoI mean that it usually parrots the party line (in hte case of Pravda, literally). Criticizing privatization is for them heresy of the highest order.