Re:How Vienna produced ideas that shaped the West
by muzfuz on Friday December 30, 2016 @11:25AM
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Correlation is not causation :)
The Austrian right is far more popular in the countryside than the cities - which is not a new thing, non-urban areas have historically been more right-leaning.
It's the same problem we continue to see in other countries - progressive cities and conservative regions.
That said, because progressives have been so successful in Austria, even the right wing is very socialist in some ways. It's just that they want all those benefits for Austrians only.
Re:How Vienna produced ideas that shaped the West
by stewbrew on Friday December 30, 2016 @02:36PM
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Unfortunately the right is also popular among former voters of the social democrats in urban areas.
Re:How Vienna produced ideas that shaped the West
by 1337biz on Friday December 30, 2016 @11:41AM
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>It's just that they want all those benefits for Austrians only.
Interesting - can you elaborate on that?
Re:How Vienna produced ideas that shaped the West
by holri on Friday December 30, 2016 @12:06PM
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National Socialism is by definition Socialism.
Re:How Vienna produced ideas that shaped the West
by holri on Friday December 30, 2016 @11:00AM
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I see no relation from Red Vienna to right wing. Rising of right wing is a global emergence now. In Vienna the right wing candidate had a massive debacle in the last election.
Considering the red wonderland painted here in the comments, the strong shift to the right of the rest of the country suddenly makes sense. We shouldn't forget that an alliance of ALL Austrian parties, including the consevatives, were barely able to defeat the right wing candidate.