Thursday, November 24, 2016

Clinton’s loss is one more nail in the coffin of center-left politics in the West

Via Billy

Emmanuel Macron, France’s former economy minister and head of the centrist political movement En Marche, campaigns in Marseille this month for president. 

When Donald Trump shocked the world with an upset victory in the U.S. presidential election this month, much of Europe was aghast.

But in at least one critical sense, the result couldn’t have been more European: Across the continent, parties of the center-left that have dominated politics for decades — and that have given Europe its reputation for generous social welfare systems — now find themselves beaten, divided and directionless. Hillary Clinton and the Democrats are just the latest members of a beleaguered club.

In Germany and Britain, once-mighty center-left parties have been badly diminished, locked out of their nations’ top jobs for the foreseeable future. In Spain and Greece, they have been usurped by newer, more radical alternatives. And in France and Italy, they’re still governing — but their days in power may be numbered. The rout of the center-left has even extended deep into Scandinavia, perhaps the world’s premier bastion of social democracy.

4 comments:

  1. Leftism is the polar opposite of "Thou shalt not steal." It is all about stealing from the producers and giving to the lazy.

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  2. Leftism is from Russeou and is not American nor John Locke nor even reasonable and should never have nee brought to American shores.

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