DrStephenTColbert said:
Kasz216 said:
Fumanchu said:
Kasz216 said:
DrStephenTColbert said:
numonex said:
The 1950s style Soviet propaganda electioneering is still commonly used in the modern age.The Labor Party are equivalent to America's Centre-left Democrats. The Republican conservatives refer to their political opponents as the Communists/Socialist International.
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Not exactly. Both major Australian parties run to the left of the Democrats in the US. The American system is inherently more right-wing than the Australian system. Just compare the social safety nets in the two countries.
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Or you could compare civil liberties... where Austarlia is horribly horribly behind.
People like to call America "right wing of the world" because of the lack of socialzied medicine and welfare... that's a very small piece of the puzzle. For once... Numonex is right.
Neither major party is remotely as leftwing as the Democrats.
Compare (as provided by political compass)... Australian Elections
VS the US
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Can I ask the source for this graph?
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You can... but I already gave it. Political Compass.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/aus2010
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The problem with using political compass is that they don't reveal much at all about their methodology, or the metrics they use to calculate the scores. Many political scientists tend to view Political Compass as more entertainment than fact. While I agree that civil liberties are more well entrenched in the US (except for the Patriot Act, of course), I feel comfortable with my statement that both parties in Australia are inherently further left than either American party.
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And i feel comofrtabe with my statement that they are both very right of democrats... and have things that back me up. People focus on the common things the US doesn't have, and ignore all the uniquely liberal and left things the US has.
Personal freedoms in general are just greater and more protected in the US.
