Posted on Oct 26, 2015
Poland elected a conservative party adding to the European list of countries that have turned to the right. Thoughts?
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Poland voted conservative on Sunday following England, Germany, and even France. I hope its a sign people are waking up to failed liberal philosophies and embracing conservative ideals. Its good to have a balance between the political views but I prefer a conservative government kept in check by the liberals instead of a liberal government that will not allow any checks to their policies.
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This is largely fear driven rather than ideological. Besides, in most of the World, "Right" is still Left of what we consider "Left."
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I think it is more of a sign of the populace's displeasure with the "establishment" parties. In Spain, Canada, and etc. we're actually seeing a surge to the left. Regardless of which direction these countries go, the common result is that the traditionally successful parties are losing ground. Obviously there are many unique regional and cultural factors that go into these elections, but I think there are several dominant factors that have contributed to this shift. The parties that are taking losses were in office and oversaw the financial crisis, a resurgence in Islamic terrorism, and the Syrian refugee crisis. Couple current unemployment and a wave of immigrants and you get a recipe for political unrest in Europe.
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SrA Art Siatkowsky
I think what I notice the most about elections that sway to the 'right' around the world is the very little US media coverage and the very 'fuzzy' wording of the story if they do cover it. I had to search to find the results of the Venezuela election because they ousted their socialist party. Then I check their news sources again and found that the socialist in charge were trying to get the military to support them and start a blood bath to remain in power. The Argentia story was written so covertly that I had to read 3 paragraghs in to see that the conservatives won in Argentina when the story looked like it was written about Venezuela. Now the Spanish vote was proclaimed loudly and boldly...the greek vote also except when the leftist in Greece finally decided to cave to the EU demands...the story was again hard to find. I see some victory for the left in bold titles and for several days...the more conservative wins in Poland, Argentina, Venezuela, even France where hard to come buy and I find it to another example of our Left leaning media bias here in America. I only noticed this because I like to check news in the main stream media like CNN and Google then switch over to Fox to see it from the other view point. What I mostly see is different stories. All these conservative wins were listed on Fox and the Leftist wins were everywhere else. Not only do we have a two party system in America but a very polarized news media.
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SrA Art Siatkowsky - Ariman; You should have headed that as "Poland elected a "POLISH conservative" party adding to the European list of countries that have turned to the "European right".
The "Polish conservative" is one whole lot different from the "American conservative" and the "European right" is one whole lot different from the "American right". Heck, until a few days ago the government of Canada was in the hands of "Canadian conservatives" who were to the "left" of the "American liberal" Democratic Party in the US.
To help you along, it might assist you to think of the label "liberal" (or "conservative" if you prefer) as being analogous to the label "dog". The label "dog" encompasses everything from the Affenhuahuas through to the Deutsche Dogge and confusing one with the other can cause serious problems.
The "Polish conservative" is one whole lot different from the "American conservative" and the "European right" is one whole lot different from the "American right". Heck, until a few days ago the government of Canada was in the hands of "Canadian conservatives" who were to the "left" of the "American liberal" Democratic Party in the US.
To help you along, it might assist you to think of the label "liberal" (or "conservative" if you prefer) as being analogous to the label "dog". The label "dog" encompasses everything from the Affenhuahuas through to the Deutsche Dogge and confusing one with the other can cause serious problems.
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