Politics and freedom

Lord [INSERT NAME HERE] lordylordy at mad.scientist.com
Thu Dec 7 19:06:23 UTC 2000


Stefan Meretz wrote:
> 
> > Thomas Bohn schrieb:
> > > > economic-right (monetarian)
> > > > social-right (conservative)
> > > > economic-left (Keynesian)
> > > > social-left (liberal)
> > >
> > > Social-left = liberal? I can't believe it.
> >
> > This _is_ correct for the traditional political system in the u.s.,
> > you can compare it with europe.
>       ^^^
> 
> Oops, should be "can _not_ compare".

I wasn't saying that economic leftists are always social leftists- in
fact, this was my point.

But "left" is commonly applied to liberals in both the US and the UK.

-- 
Lord [INSERT NAME HERE]
"Read a book about the self / Said I should get expensive help / Go fix
my head / Create some wealth / Put my neuroses on the shelf / But I
don't care for myself / I don't care for myself / I don't care."--
Placebo, Blue American

This has been an emergent property of the System. Goodnight.



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