Re:Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain
by guelo on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @11:56PM
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Trump's tax cuts, deregulation and increase in military spending are very much conservative policies.
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Re:Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain
by richardknop on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @01:34AM
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Yes. But tariffs and protectionism are historically center stones of the left. So it’s a mixed bag. A normal leftist party would support tariffs strongly according to historical precedence. We live in strange times though.
Re:Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain
by flukus on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @12:42AM
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But protecting local workers from competing with low cost Chinese workers and illegal migrants are very left wing policies, probably the most left wing policies enacted by any president in decades.
I wouldn't call increasing military spending left or right, just about every corner of the political spectrum has done this at some point, most notably the Soviet Union.
Re:Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain
by lanterk on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @01:02AM
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He uses illegal immigrants in his own business. He doesn't care about the workers, its all just a way to rile up his base.
Re:Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain
by guelo on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @01:26AM
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Protectionism is not specifically a left or right wing policy. There are right wing and left wing reasons to support protectionism. But the left traditionally has been opposed to protectionism because it was seen as way for farmers and other industries to make workers pay too much for their food and other goods.
As far as restricting all immigration, that's very far right.