On 19 May 2011 15:36, Pranesh Prakash <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 May 2011 04:11 PM, salil tripathi wrote: > >> And yes, the City is capitalist, but the rest of UK isn't. And the >> political mood, as Americans describe UK politics, has always been that UK >> has two major parties - Conservatives, who are socialists, and Labour, who >> are Communists :-) >> > > Recently had the (mis)fortune of explaining to a senior executive from News > Corp that what he thinks of as 'left' and 'right' are anything but. All > mainstream US politics are economically very much centre and > right-of-centre. Gone are the days when "communist" was a bad word. Now > even "socialist" is used to bludgeon people. Reminds me of: "Where is the > party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its > opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the > branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition > parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?".[1] As P J O' Rourke put it: The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it. Versus Karl Rove: As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing. - Ingrid P.S. Welcome, Sidin.
