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What do decent Poles think about true rightists ? [148]
By rightists I mean both standard and radical, primarily from Poland (e.g., PiS, nationalists, far right etc) but also abroad.
right and left dont' have so much meaning at present, the big emerging political split is between what might be referred to as
globalism : despite the name, globalist tendencies inexorably lead to extreme hierarchy and extreme social stratification and alienation of the majority from governments (which give up most of their traditional functions in favor or serving the needs of the capital class)
nationalism : despite modern propaganda about nationalism being exclusionary and terrible some type of nationalism is the only system that makes things like universal education and healthcare and democracy possible and it's notable that in the places where globalist policies have advanced the farthest things like education and other state services are being pared back....
Within each of these you get both right and left wing trends.
globalist right : Ted Cruz, Teresa May
globalist left : Corbyn, Hillary Clinton
nationalist right : Trump, Bolsinaro, Salvini
nationalist left : Bernie Sanders, podemos
At present these trends are barely being felt in Poland (which operates on a separate time schedule from most other countries)
But I consider PiS to be more globalist right than nationalist - despite their empty rhetoric they are handing out work visas like candy in Asia operating on the (almost always wrong) assumption that once the visa recipients aren't needed they'll just move on...
