Quote:Show me one left wing social democratic government. There is none that dares to have leftist ideas.Define leftist ideas. The former Portuguese government was the socialist party.
Quote:Apart from Greece maybe, but they're in league with rightwing populists also.Populism exists in both wings. Marxists, for example, are very populist.
Quote:To hear the right talk about it, left wing and socialist is synonymous.Incorrect, socialism is far left, but most left wing is not socialist - They're capitalists
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