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25. If that were true, Europe would not have the world's best income equality and would have lost

Reply to TheKentuckian (Reply #22)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:49 PM

Mar 2015

those protections long ago.

Right wing or right wing? Who gives a fuck?

I'm not sure what that means.

If you meant "Right wing or left wing? Who gives a fuck?" The answer is, "I do." If you think the left and the right are equally evil, you are welcome to your opinion. It is a little unusual coming from a DU'er.

If you think the far-right is on the correct track wanting to dismantle the EU, be careful what you wish for. Don't be surprised with the other policies they bring with the demise of the EU.

I'll stick with the "left wing" that created the 'welfare state' in Europe and its widely shared prosperity and opened up borders for Europeans.

Does the left in Europe have some bad policies? You bet. Austerity is at the top. Does that mean we throw in the towel and side with the far-right? Not me. FDR messed up and went with an 'austerity' budget in 1937 which caused a plunge in the economy. Before and after that mistake he was a great liberal leader. Thankfully liberals did not throw him overboard because of that mistake. I hope Europeans do not make that either.

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Liberalism in Europe 'facing its biggest fight' against the far-right and 'the politics of fear' [View all] pampango Mar 2015 OP

It is impossible for me to comprehend. joshcryer Mar 2015 #1

I suppose the collective memory of the evil of fascism is dying with that generation passing away. pampango Mar 2015 #2

True, that. joshcryer Mar 2015 #3

I think they are misguided Yorktown Mar 2015 #4

The liberals are "misguided" but not the far-right? The latter simply reflects "reasonable fear"? pampango Mar 2015 #7

You got me wrong Yorktown Mar 2015 #10

Yes. The violence in the middle east Quantess Mar 2015 #14

OK, I'm trying to find your Tower Hamlets segregated swimming pool story muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #21

The same thing is happening in the States, for many of the same reasons. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #5

And that is what we need to address. These things are fearful but FDRs words ring even truer today jwirr Mar 2015 #26

Don't forget that rogerashton Mar 2015 #6

Most liberals in Europe do believe in markets though they have tempered that with strong safety pampango Mar 2015 #8

In Britain, since Maggie's time rogerashton Mar 2015 #9

"I don't think you will find that any European liberals are pro-union." Really? pampango Mar 2015 #13

Read Adam Smith a bit more carefully! rogerashton Mar 2015 #18

Mercantilism is not 'competition among nations'. It is economic policy to benefit one country over pampango Mar 2015 #19

You previously wrote: rogerashton Mar 2015 #20

The Lib Dems do not oppose unions muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #24

The so-called European 'far Right' is National Socialist Yorktown Mar 2015 #11

That certainly proves that nazis din't believe in the 'free market'. Nationalism and militarism pampango Mar 2015 #15

The 2 British politicans in the OP are Liberal Democrats muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #23

Right, well rogerashton Mar 2015 #28

Yes, as I said, they are not socialists, and neither is the US Democratic party muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #29

The EU exists only to further neoliberalism and capital run amok so I hope it busts. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #12

Let's hope that the income equality and overall prosperity in Europe does not go bust pampango Mar 2015 #16

The whole agenda of the EU is to undo income equality, strip away those protections, TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #22

If that were true, Europe would not have the world's best income equality and would have lost pampango Mar 2015 #25

No, I meant what I said not what you want to jump off on. Why do you just put words in people's TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #27

Thermodynamics The2ndWheel Mar 2015 #17