I'm_All_NEET:3 to AsklemmyEnglish · 15 hours agoWhy is/are Scandinavian/Nordic countries so left-wing?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down114
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareWhy is/are Scandinavian/Nordic countries so left-wing?I'm_All_NEET:3 to AsklemmyEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareAzzu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down19·edit-213 hours agoI mean caring about everyone is basically the definition of left-wing. So in my opinion this is a non-answer, OP basically did ask “why do people in Nordic countries care more what happens to their citizens?”, which you didn’t say anything about.
minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·13 hours ago OP basically did ask “why do people in Nordic countries care more what happens to their citizens?” No they didn’t. You read way to much into what was actually asked.
minus-squareAzzu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·12 hours ago Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism i.e. care about all citizens equally But maybe we should let OP say what they meant
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours agoOrdoliberalism and Christian Democracy are both clearly right wing ideologies and both defend basic social programs like universal healthcare.
I mean caring about everyone is basically the definition of left-wing. So in my opinion this is a non-answer, OP basically did ask “why do people in Nordic countries care more what happens to their citizens?”, which you didn’t say anything about.
No they didn’t. You read way to much into what was actually asked.
i.e. care about all citizens equally
But maybe we should let OP say what they meant
Ordoliberalism and Christian Democracy are both clearly right wing ideologies and both defend basic social programs like universal healthcare.