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Re:WhatsApp is back online in Brazil by ptaipale on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @01:11AM (#11626344)
I interpret it as socially conservative, but preferring strong state involvement in economy.

Personal liberty is not very important. There can be rich people, but they are to be humbled by a powerful government. A very extreme example of such a regime is the National Socialist Germany.

Re:WhatsApp is back online in Brazil by dublinben on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @05:56PM (#11632248)
That description, and your example, are in no way "left-wing."
Re:WhatsApp is back online in Brazil by ptaipale on Thursday May 05, 2016 @01:47AM (#11634220)
I think that "preferring strong state involvement in economy" is a very traditional "left-wing" policy.

Regarding social conservatism, even extreme left-wing governments have often been socially conservative in many issues, even if they wanted to shake power structures. Consider, for instance, how stalinist Soviet Union related to homosexuals.