Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture (2016)

Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by nine_k on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:47PM (#13484528)

If you run a democracy for nearly 850 years, it sort of looks a bit conservative.

Progressivism != democracy. Athens as of 500AD were technically utterly democratic, and had slavery, let alone no voting rights for women.

Progress can also be quite un-democratic. E.g. Soviet Union in 1920-30s progressed quickly to afford universal education, equal rights for women, let alone science and industry (especially military industry). It was quite anti-democratic, though, with fake elections (having just one "contender" in the bulletin), those who happened to be born into former "bourgeoisie" having severe restrictions in civil rights, let alone incarcerating and executing lots of people without any due process.

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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by gvd on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:29PM (#13485064)

Let me also point out that conservative in this case does not mean US conservative. US conservatism is slowly creeping towards theological conservatism.

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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by gumaflux on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:03PM (#13485453)

Isn't US "C"onservatism more or less just a prolonged arm for "Corporatism", not so much theological values there is it?

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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by gvd on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:57PM (#13486006)

It is, but their audiance are often fundamental Christians who gobble up anything that matches their conservative ideas (which usually involves limiting other people's freedoms). Look at Trump right now, total scumbag if you look at the evidence, but somehow the represents their "values".

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