I'm_All_NEET:3@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhy is/are Scandinavian/Nordic countries so left-wing?message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down122
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWhy is/are Scandinavian/Nordic countries so left-wing?I'm_All_NEET:3@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squaresbvlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·3 months agoIt was. Eugenics was considered left wing around the 1930s. In Canada, the “father of Medicare” initially supported eugenics but realized how awful it was pretty quickly. The women who got universal sufferage similarly supported eugenics. As a lefty, it sucks, but we need to be aware of our past and avoid similar mistakes.
minus-squarekalleboo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 months agoAs recent as the 90’s it also used to be left-wing to oppose immigration, since it was seen as a way for the right to devalue labor and lower wages. A lot has changed.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s how immigration is used as is, but borders divide the working class against themselves and should be removed. If only nation states had to compete on quality of life to keep their population up. If only nation states could be dissolved.
It was.
Eugenics was considered left wing around the 1930s. In Canada, the “father of Medicare” initially supported eugenics but realized how awful it was pretty quickly. The women who got universal sufferage similarly supported eugenics.
As a lefty, it sucks, but we need to be aware of our past and avoid similar mistakes.
As recent as the 90’s it also used to be left-wing to oppose immigration, since it was seen as a way for the right to devalue labor and lower wages.
A lot has changed.
That’s how immigration is used as is, but borders divide the working class against themselves and should be removed.
If only nation states had to compete on quality of life to keep their population up. If only nation states could be dissolved.