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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by manmal on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:51AM (#29589590)
What people in the US call left elites, is being called slightly rightwing in the EU. When I hear comments like „state-funded housing is socialism“ I have to chuckle. That’s just how you make sure people won’t starve if they don’t resort to shady business.

Bernie‘s ideas would be called leftist here, but not extremely so.

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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by ernst_klim on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:27AM (#29589832)
> is being called slightly rightwing in the EU

That's simply not true.

> Bernie‘s ideas would be called leftist here

Where is "here"? How is "financial transaction tax" a mainstream idea in europe?

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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by disgruntledphd2 on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:48AM (#29590003)
The EU have tried to introduce it a bunch of times. Normally it got fought back by the UK, who are no longer in the EU. I could definitely see this happening in the next five to ten years.
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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by ernst_klim on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:05AM (#29590136)
Wow, you are right, that's terrible.
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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by manmal on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:41AM (#29591932)
As sibling poster mentioned, financial transaction taxes are being openly discussed in the EU. I haven't heard anyone call them socialist at least. Politicians in the US seem to use communism/socialism as a strawman to attack anything that would harm their puppeteers' wallets.
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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by refurb on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:32AM (#29589877)
Bernie isn’t the elite running the country.
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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by virgilp on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:03AM (#29589666)
It's hard to debunk this since if we declare all democrat party to be "left", then yes, some democrats will be slightly rightwing. But there are definitely some "left" currents that started in US universities and are spreading to the rest of the world. The kind of stuff that Jordan Peterson is preaching against is definitely not considered "slightly rightwing" in the EU.
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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by detaro on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:06AM (#29589686)
That stuff also has nothing to do with how "left-right" is classified in Europe.
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