Playground Politics wrote:
how can u have something thats centre and left, its either right/left/or centre, its like a switch surely tis either on or off cant be both
ooooorrr maybe theres a secret agenda that im missing:crazy_diz
modern politics in developed nations has become way more complicated than that
we had a lot of ideological conflict (and even civil strife) between socialism/communism and “classical liberalism” (i.e capitalism) from the 1970s to 1990s…
but particularly because of the influences of the global stock market and a backlash against trade union activity in the 1970s/80 certain things such as the acceptance of market capitalism and the privatisation of public utilities have now become commonplace to many mainstream political parties worldwide.
Most “socialist/left wng” parties have been pushed towards the centre merely to remain in power.
Now there are only subtle differences between “left wing” and “right wing” politics, for instance a “centre right party” might privatise a public body completely, whilst a “centre left” party may keep parts of it at least in public ownership.
The centre right parties, despite often claiming to be “libertarian” and “respecting individual freedom” tend to have traditionally harsher views on immigration and law and order (i.e social control) and are hostile towards public funded welfare provision and “subversive” activity such as raves/squatting – they are less likely to tolerate any form of drug use or activism (for instance it is a centre right party in Denmark spearheading the removal/normalisation of squatter communities at Ungdomshuset and Christiana).
