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The thread title makes this a fail already. No substantiation.
The thing is that it's not just right-wing voters that we're concerned with, but these right-wing populists are also managing to attract traditionally moderate voters with their party programs built on social-populist nationalism."
Do you want nationalism to be the basis of inducting new right-wing voters, or of the entire conservative platform. We all know how that turned out in Germany. Just curious about what your thoughts are.
So has anyone else noticed that after decades of creeping European style socialism, the major players in Europe are moving more and more to the right?? Personally, I find this very encouraging, not only for Europe, but the US as well. People get tired of footing someone else's bills and eventually they take a stand tell them to start carrying their fair share of the load. This trend in the US towards being carried, instead of carrying your own load hopefully has an end similar to Europe.
So has anyone else noticed that after decades of creeping European style socialism, the major players in Europe are moving more and more to the right?? Personally, I find this very encouraging, not only for Europe, but the US as well. People get tired of footing someone else's bills and eventually they take a stand tell them to start carrying their fair share of the load. This trend in the US towards being carried, instead of carrying your own load hopefully has an end similar to Europe.
So has anyone else noticed that after decades of creeping European style socialism, the major players in Europe are moving more and more to the right?? Personally, I find this very encouraging, not only for Europe, but the US as well. People get tired of footing someone else's bills and eventually they take a stand tell them to start carrying their fair share of the load. This trend in the US towards being carried, instead of carrying your own load hopefully has an end similar to Europe.
I think you got that butt-backwards. In Europe he's considered (not by all) to be fascist.The right wing in Europe does not equal the right wing in America. In Europe, even Dick Cheney is considered liberal.
I think you got that butt-backwards. In Europe he's considered (not by all) to be fascist.
Even Obama is seen as conservative.
Works the other way round as well in that everyone in Europe even slightly left of Genghis Khan is a commie. :mrgreen:
So has anyone else noticed that after decades of creeping European style socialism, the major players in Europe are moving more and more to the right?? Personally, I find this very encouraging, not only for Europe, but the US as well. People get tired of footing someone else's bills and eventually they take a stand tell them to start carrying their fair share of the load. This trend in the US towards being carried, instead of carrying your own load hopefully has an end similar to Europe.
The right wing in Europe does not equal the right wing in America. In Europe, even Dick Cheney is considered liberal.
Yes and no.
Putting Cheney aside for a moment ... what you call economic conservative or libertarian, we call "liberal". What you call socialist, we call "social democrat" or "christian democrat" (or indeed "socialist" in some cases). What you call social conservative, we call "right-wing populist" or even "fascist".
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