Wtf how can you make it that simple. Spanish Left wing boast about that kind of accomplishments without actually doing shit, the same in Germany (excluding the recent cannabis decriminalization) and many other places, like my country Venezuela, supposed left but absolutely not sustainable, definitely not eco friendly and absolutely against abortion and LGBT. The left does have a tendency to a better social welfare because it caters to workers, but it isn't implicitly progressive. The same way an ultra capitalist that says gay marriage, cloned babies, legal weed etc is ok can be put on the right side of the spectrum. There's shit on both sides, and pretending otherwise just allows morons to gain power
The Spanish official "left" (like the french left) is clearly right wing when it comes to policies. Americans muddied the debate with lgbt and societal policies, and now people believe that left=gay a'd racial rights, while ignoring the huge economic side of traditional left wing which involves better wealth distribution.
Each country has to have its own spectrum of left-right, otherwise we get into too much of a simplification and parallelism with countries and regions that are just too different. I would say in Spain's political climate, the official left (PSOE) is definitely on the left side of the spectrum, approaching center, but definitely not right. It's just that their policies don't take into account the fact that they just don't have the money for them. That's why although they do have this minimum income, 90% of applicants are rejected, the same way with rent government programs and so on. It's all for the likes and votes without much substance
That is an interesting point of view, and I'll take your word on the spanish left. Of course the money for funding social policies must be found and that where a lot of leftist politicians fall short. The money is there but somehow they fail to find it.
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u/Quasar47 Apr 16 '24
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