Not really, there's actually far more similarities between Republicans, and Democrats than between the groups you're describing.
It turns out most modern Republicans, and Democrats are probably actually Liberals by definition....
Liberalism - Wikipedia
Liberalism is a
political philosophy or
worldview founded on ideas of
liberty and
equality.
[1][2][3] Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas and programmes such as
freedom of speech,
freedom of the press,
freedom of religion,
free markets,
civil rights,
democratic societies,
secular governments,
gender equality and
international cooperation.
Wrong. There are only two governmental types. Collectivist and individualist. Totalitarian dictatorship is the ultimate form of collectivist government, and absolute anarchy is the ultimate form of individualist non government. Fascism, socialism, and communism are all fundamentally collectivist. Thus they are all left wing.
Not really, there's actually far more similarities between Republicans, and Democrats than between the groups you're describing.
It turns out most modern Republicans, and Democrats are probably actually Liberals by definition....
Liberalism - Wikipedia
Liberalism is a
political philosophy or
worldview founded on ideas of
liberty and
equality.
[1][2][3] Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas and programmes such as
freedom of speech,
freedom of the press,
freedom of religion,
free markets,
civil rights,
democratic societies,
secular governments,
gender equality and
international cooperation.
Wrong. There are only two governmental types. Collectivist and individualist. Totalitarian dictatorship is the ultimate form of collectivist government, and absolute anarchy is the ultimate form of individualist non government. Fascism, socialism, and communism are all fundamentally collectivist. Thus they are all left wing.
Oh please, Anarchy would lead to a society filled with Immigrants, Abortion, Druggies ,Porn, and Gay Marriage ( Social Liberalism) because they wouldn't do anything about these.
Most Fascists understand that in order to keep a Socially Conservative environment Totalitarianism is needed.
That's EXACTLY why Republicans have been failing, they support the freedom to be dominated by Liberalism, and Free markets sells out to Liberalism overwhelmingly.
Pure ignorance! You are a very unintelligent guy.
Totalitarianism, in the form of an unelected dictator, in theory could be a good thing if you get a good, strong and kind leader. A great King who makes all the right choices!
Yet that is a very rare occurrence. The vast majority of dictators let the power corrupt them, they create an elitist group of their cronies and the common folk suffer. They eventually are about only personal gain and see the people as pawns for their gain. Even if you get that very rare great and kind leader, they are usually followed by a unqualified child who led a privileged life and knows nothing of or doesn’t care about the suffering of others. Either way it leads to the same oppressive regime.
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Wrong, you are the very unintelligent guy, like most of the Jews on this forum.
You didn't cover anything of what I said about lack of government leading to Social Liberalism.... You went off on some tirade about oppression....
Actually even Communist regimes were generally more Socially Conservative than Capitalist regimes.
Some Nationalists in Eastern Europe want Communism back, because Communism had much less immigration, worse rights for Gays, and less rights for Jews.
People didn’t flock the USSR because it was a nightmare of a place to live. It is the great free societies that have problems with immigrations, because so many people want to go there.
Poland is richer today than it was under Communism, indeed.
Not by a whole lot, however.
Poland does have more immigrants today. absolutely.
There are more Muslims, more Blacks, and yes a lot of Ukrainian cheap laborers.
Chechen refugees - Wikipedia
In Poland, almost 3,600 Chechens have applied for
refugee status in the first eight months of 2007 alone and over 6,000 in the next four months.
[18][19] As of 2008, the Chechens are the greatest group (90% in 2007
[19]) of refugees arriving in Poland, on the eastern border of the EU.
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Poland weighs benefits of surge in migrants from Ukraine Influx of almost 1.3m last year is proving both politically and economically useful Read next FT Alphaville Thomas Hale Further Reading © AFP Share on Twitter (opens new window) Share on Facebook (opens new window) Share on LinkedIn (opens new window) Save Save to myFT Neil Buckley and Evon Huber MAY 28, 2017 35 Every three months or so, Oleksy Talalai sets out after a week at home in Khmelnitsky, western Ukraine, on the 11-hour journey to Leszno, in the west of Poland. Working in Leszno’s thriving economy installing electricity cables, Mr Talalai, 35, is part of one of Europe’s biggest — but less-noticed — mass migrations: of Ukrainians into Poland. “The main benefit of working in Poland is the money,” he says. “Earnings in Poland are much higher. There’s a crisis in Ukraine, prices are increasing. Everyone’s looking where they can earn more.” Almost 1.3m Ukrainians last year received the temporary work registrations that Poland grants to citizens of its eastern neighbour, and 116,000 more received longer-term work permits. Both figures have leapt six-fold since 2013, driven largely by the economic slump that followed Ukraine’s 2014 pro-western revolution and the Russian-fomented conflict in the country’s east. For Poland’s nationalist Law and Justice government, the Ukrainian influx is proving politically and economically useful. It helps parry EU criticisms over Warsaw’s refusal to accept quotas for Middle Eastern migrants — and to fill labour shortages following the exodus of 2m Poles seeking higher wages further west, shortages that could be exacerbated by current government policies. There are concerns in western Europe, however, that with the EU granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians from next month, similar inflows could be seen elsewhere. Poland may remain an exceptional case as, unlike most EU states, it has partially opened its labour market to Ukrainians. For now, Warsaw ministers are keen to draw parallels between Poland’s absorption of Ukrainians and Germany’s welcoming of 1m Syrian refugees in 2015. “I can’t accept that Poland does not agree to accept migrants,” Witold Waszczykowski, foreign minister, told this year’s Munich Security Conference. “We just have a different geographical location and different migration pattern.” In fact, unlike the Syrian exodus, most Ukrainian arrivals are not refugees fleeing the war-scarred east. Little over 6,000 Ukrainians have sought asylum in Poland since 2014, according to official figures. Poland was running out of workers in agriculture. In some sense, part of western Europe’s demographic problem has been moved to Poland Tomasz Wieladek, economist The majority are working-age economic migrants attracted by the prospect of earning five times as much as they can doing the same job in Ukraine, thanks in part to a sharp devaluation of the Ukrainian currency. Close cultural ties and linguistic similarities — even if the two countries have sometimes had tricky relations — mean Ukrainians are easily assimilated. “Everyone wants to earn good money. I travel for work and so do Poles,” shrugs Mr Talalai. Tomasz Wieladek, a Polish-born economist at Barclays in London who has studied Ukrainian migration, says Ukrainians fill similar jobs in Poland to those Polish migrants do in Germany, above all in the services industry and hospitality trade. His research suggests the Ukrainian inflow has slowed Polish wage growth. That is good for competitiveness and attracting investors — but, in a perhaps ironic twist, it may fuel continued westward migration by Poles. “Poles coming to Britain have helped the UK’s demographic problem,” says Mr Wieladek. “Poland has the same demographic issue. One reason they started this registration scheme [for Ukrainians and others] in 2008 was because Poland was running out of workers in agriculture. In some sense, part of western Europe’s demographic problem has been moved to Poland.” He adds that Ukrainians also offset potential shortages caused by Law and Justice’s social policies, including lowering the retirement age and paying generous child benefits that might prompt lower-paid mothers to stay at home. Not everyone welcomes the phenomenon. One government adviser calls it “absurd” that Poland spends large sums educating Poles who leave and must be replaced by workers from next door. Moving to Poland? Poland allows citizens of Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova and Georgia to register for six months’ work out of the subsequent 12. It also offers three-year permits to foreigners with formal job offers After staying five years, foreigners can become citizens But a survey by Work Service, an employment agency and consultancy, in February found one-third of companies in Poland had problems finding workers, especially blue-collar ones. Almost 40 per cent forecast they would hire Ukrainians. “Ukrainians earn the same wages as Poles, they’re not cheap labour, as opposed to Poles hired in western Europe,” says Blazej Madejski, vice-president of Pro-Net Media, which installs telecoms and electricity transmission lines and is Mr Talalai’s employer. “There are few Poles left in [construction] here as they work in the EU. Without the Ukrainians, our company couldn’t be efficient.” Yuri Kariagin, a Ukrainian with Polish origins who heads a Ukrainian workers’ union in Poland, says that before 2014, many Ukrainians went to Russia to work. “Now the majority come to Poland,” he says. “It’s six months working, then back to their family with the money, to renovate the apartment, or help children with their education.” Some Polish employers fear impending visa-free access for Ukrainians across the EU could tempt them to chase higher wages further west. But without employment rights, work opportunities will be mostly in the insecure shadow economy. Mr Talalai is happy in Leszno. “Maybe you can earn more in other EU countries, but it’s further away,” he says. “Here, earnings are more than enough and I can visit home every few months. There’s no place like home.” Additional reporting by Zosia Wasik
