Hard left

Tony EH

retalivity wrote: »

Have you ever accidentally the whole thing?

An File wrote: »

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

That kip 4chan really has a lot to answer for.

smcgiff

Nothing to see here. Was a reply to something I thought was more current.

BoatMad

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

I'd always recommend a book called The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party, for an account of the development of the far left in Ireland. It shows how some on those on the left ended up becoming Tanaiste, while others are still gibbering on about 'the trots' and class revolution.

Most of them are just frustrated malcontents. Should be treated with the same contempt as those on the far right.

whose is on the far right in Ireland, I don't think we have ever had a far right party

MRnotlob606

I have a hard on.

BoJack Horseman

The communists have Dell in their sights:

http://www.thejournal.ie/socialist-party-nationalise-dell-1796089-Nov2014/

BoJack Horseman

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I have a hard on.

Don't we all buddy.

Permabear

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BoatMad

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

The communists have Dell in their sights:

http://www.thejournal.ie/socialist-party-nationalise-dell-1796089-Nov2014/

Its just laughable what these people pass for "policy"

Its pre-Budget submission proposed the introduction of a 5 per cent emergency tax on millionaires that would raise as much as €3.3 billion

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we have residents in this state that between them 66 billion of taxable earning - really .

There’s also a plan to increase the effective income tax on the top 10 per cent of earners which could raise up to €2.6 billion.

only 5% of tax payers earn over 100,000K in ireland, 10% would tax ordinary middle class people. Great idea , they are already the biggest contributors

The Socialists also want to repudiate the interest and capital payments on the debt Ireland accumulated during the economic collapse that forced it into the Troika bailout which it says would raise around €6.6 billion.

Sure a sovereign western european state should post-facto tear up legal documents, that will get the lending flowing to the state !!!

The party would use the money raised to fund a major social housing programme and fund additional public services and lending to small businesses.

Of course, the free money pays for more services,

Over the weekend, the Dublin West TD Ruth Coppinger indicated on RTÉ Radio that the party would also nationalise some major multinational companies in a bid to secure jobs.

WTF, seriously this women need bed rest and possibly a comital hearing. people are voting for this loon???

BoJack Horseman

Permabear wrote: »

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No..... Pharmaceuticals first.

Because obviously the world thrives on the life saving drugs researched & created in socialist countries.

What wonders they create without the evil decadence of profit hanging over them.

BoatMad

Permabear wrote: »

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Yeah Google Teoranta, maybe relocate it to Gweedore, will thrive no doubt.

Permabear

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Kermit.de.frog

God she's at it again.

Now it's Dunnes she wants to nationalise.

http://www.thejournal.ie/socialist-nationalise-dunnes-stores-2044530-Apr2015/

Berserker

BoatMad wrote: »

whose is on the far right in Ireland, I don't think we have ever had a far right party

We haven't. People in Ireland like to throw the term around but we have centrist and left wing parties here. The National Front in France run by the Le Pen family is a genuine right wing party. The hard left here want everything paid for by middle and upper class people. They seem to have this desire to nationalise everything too.

wretcheddomain

The core problem with the hard left in Ireland is that the second you begin analysing their policies, you've got nothing left.

BoatMad

wretcheddomain wrote: »

The core problem with the hard left in Ireland is that the second you begin analysing their policies, you've got nothing left.

The problem with the left in Ireland is that they have no real policy space, as the Governments are typically centrist and liberal in Ireland, even to the point of being populist .

Even in the UK election, the Conservatives are moving into the central ground to deny labour policy space ( see recent unfunded policy announcements on NHS etc )

This then tends to drive the left further into wacko politics and in fact ultimately destroys their electoral base. It further destroys it if any actually get into power as they find they cannot implement such wacko policies. This is the faith of labour ( and the greens ) in power for example

Ireland never had an industrial revolution, hence it never developed real left wing, worker led politics. It is a country of asset owning farmers and the middle classes. That is not the natural home of left wing politics