I'm_All_NEET:3@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 hours agoWhy is/are Scandinavian/Nordic countries so left-wing?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down114
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWhy is/are Scandinavian/Nordic countries so left-wing?I'm_All_NEET:3@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squaresbvlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·15 hours 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-up5·edit-212 hours 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.
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.