Comments on: Italy: “The Workers Don’t Vote For the Left Any More…” http://roadsassy.com/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/ "The road to truth is long, and lined the entire way with annoying bastards." Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: zee http://roadsassy.com/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-817 zee Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:11:19 +0000 http://roadsassy.com/index.php/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/#comment-817 <blockquote>Most of us have embraced variations of socialism i think.</blockquote> Growing up, I had no idea that the New Deal and all of that designed to help during the depression was the entry of socialism in America...i just never questioned that there was social security and disability, welfare. I knew they existed and they were the last place you wanted to end up. Now you have perfectly capable generations of so called youth demanding "help" that was once held in contempt and viewed with dismay.

Most of us have embraced variations of socialism i think.

Growing up, I had no idea that the New Deal and all of that designed to help during the depression was the entry of socialism in America…i just never questioned that there was social security and disability, welfare. I knew they existed and they were the last place you wanted to end up. Now you have perfectly capable generations of so called youth demanding “help” that was once held in contempt and viewed with dismay.

]]> By: MK http://roadsassy.com/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-812 MK Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:40:37 +0000 http://roadsassy.com/index.php/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/#comment-812 The left may be dead in party in Italy but i'm skeptical that the people of Europe and Australia are tilting to the right. I think the conservative parties are just tilting to the left, is all. By our choice on core issues like socialized medicine, gun control, abortion, capital punishment, soft sentences, welfare and military dependence i think that us voting for true conservatives is not the norm. Most of us have embraced variations of socialism i think. The left may be dead in party in Italy but i’m skeptical that the people of Europe and Australia are tilting to the right. I think the conservative parties are just tilting to the left, is all.

By our choice on core issues like socialized medicine, gun control, abortion, capital punishment, soft sentences, welfare and military dependence i think that us voting for true conservatives is not the norm. Most of us have embraced variations of socialism i think.

]]> By: Aurora http://roadsassy.com/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Aurora Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:49:01 +0000 http://roadsassy.com/index.php/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/#comment-804 Ligneus, I'm afraid that the Aussies can be more than a little apathetic at times. Our national motto is 'she'll be right, mate'. In other words, 'it's all good'. A lot of Aussies scoff at the idea that anything could ever go wrong in 'the lucky country' after all, we've never really been subjected to the wars and other problems that, say, Europe has had and we've always been guaranteed a reasonably good economy due to our natural resources. So the possibility that the Left could be a bit dangerous doesn't seem to enter people's heads, unfortunately. We've survived through Leftist governments before. We had a Deus ex machine intervention with our last really bad Leftist leader, Gough Whitlam and since then, the Left hasn't really been able to make inroads ...until now. And I tend to think that the current government, that the Aussies voted in because we/they thought it was a kind of 'Conservative' Left is, under that lying exterior, perhaps the worst one ever. As for Italy, my first reaction is 'fantastic! Good for them.' But then the realization set in that we seem to be facing a tsunami of socialism hiding under different banners all over the world. I hope Berlusconi can make a difference for his people and Europe in general, but judging by the performance of Sarkozy thus far, I'm afraid I'm not too optimistic. Ligneus, I’m afraid that the Aussies can be more than a little apathetic at times. Our national motto is ’she’ll be right, mate’. In other words, ‘it’s all good’. A lot of Aussies scoff at the idea that anything could ever go wrong in ‘the lucky country’ after all, we’ve never really been subjected to the wars and other problems that, say, Europe has had and we’ve always been guaranteed a reasonably good economy due to our natural resources. So the possibility that the Left could be a bit dangerous doesn’t seem to enter people’s heads, unfortunately. We’ve survived through Leftist governments before. We had a Deus ex machine intervention with our last really bad Leftist leader, Gough Whitlam and since then, the Left hasn’t really been able to make inroads …until now.
And I tend to think that the current government, that the Aussies voted in because we/they thought it was a kind of ‘Conservative’ Left is, under that lying exterior, perhaps the worst one ever.
As for Italy, my first reaction is ‘fantastic! Good for them.’ But then the realization set in that we seem to be facing a tsunami of socialism hiding under different banners all over the world.
I hope Berlusconi can make a difference for his people and Europe in general, but judging by the performance of Sarkozy thus far, I’m afraid I’m not too optimistic.

]]> By: zee http://roadsassy.com/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-797 zee Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:09:19 +0000 http://roadsassy.com/index.php/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/#comment-797 Yes, I have been keeping up on Australia via the Midnight Sun and others. I fear it is a preview of what could happen here should Obamination win - an escalation of liberties being stripped and the economy crushed. Yes, I have been keeping up on Australia via the Midnight Sun and others. I fear it is a preview of what could happen here should Obamination win - an escalation of liberties being stripped and the economy crushed.

]]> By: ligneus1 http://roadsassy.com/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-796 ligneus1 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:21:30 +0000 http://roadsassy.com/index.php/2008/04/21/italy-the-workers-don%e2%80%99t-vote-for-the-left-any-more/#comment-796 First Germany [Merkel], then Canada [Harper], then France [Sarkozy], soon Britain [Cameron], people have had enough of lefty incompetent superior 'thinking'. Too bad about <a href="http://www.themidnightsun.org/?p=2344#more-2344" rel="nofollow">Australia</a> but I trust the Aussie's down to earth common sense to see through their lefty lot. First Germany [Merkel], then Canada [Harper], then France [Sarkozy], soon Britain [Cameron], people have had enough of lefty incompetent superior ‘thinking’. Too bad about Australia but I trust the Aussie’s down to earth common sense to see through their lefty lot.

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