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Which seems rather accurate. Classical liberalism is liberal on both social and economic issues. The left is liberal on social issues and the right generally on
by avz 12y ago
Which seems rather accurate. Classical liberalism is liberal on both social and economic issues. The left is liberal on social issues and the right generally on the economic ones.
- oneeyedpigeon 12y agoBut Thatcher was on the hard-right socially and economically. Being pro-thatcher and claiming even a smidgen of a left-leaning stance is laughable.
- dagw 12y agoBeing pro-Thatcher doesn't mean that they are an unapologetic supporter of everything she ever said or did. It just means that at the time they thought on balance that she was better than the alternative the Labour party offered. An analysis that was hardly controversial at the time.
- Umn55 12y agoPlease gentleman try to read something. If you are playing at electoral politics, you understand very little. http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverted-Totalitarianism/dp/069114589X/ http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverte... http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Illusion-Literacy-Triumph-Spectacle/dp/1568586132 http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Illusion-Literacy-Triumph-Spect... http://www.amazon.com/Death-Liberal-Class-Chris-Hedges/dp/1568586795/ http://www.amazon.com/Death-Liberal-Class-Chris-Hedges/dp/15... Anyone in north america lives in a hard right fascist state. Both canada and the US are completely fascist, and the "liberal wing" isn't. The liberal wings of USA and canada are hard right conservative.