Political Buzzwords and what they really mean

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Political Buzzwords and what they really mean

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The mainstream capitalist media will often use ridiculous terms to describe a political candidate's ideological stance. These words are most often meaningless and have no basis in economics or science. This post will be exposing the political buzzwords so that when you next hear them on the radio or the television, you will know the actual ideological stance of the political candidates who are being discussed by the media's talking heads.

Far-left or "Loony Left"
What it really means: Most likely centre-left, occasionally left-wing, very rarely far-left
Case in point: A slanderous tactic of newspapers like the Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Express, as well as more mainstream outlets such as the BBC, Daily Mirror and Guardian was to paint Jeremy Corbyn as a radical loony lefty extremist. This vile slander had absolutely no basis in fact as Corbyn is in fact a reformist with moderate social democratic ideals that match those of past centre-leftists such as Clement Attlee, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Friedrich Ebert. The same tactics were used in the USA to describe Bernie Sanders. Even here in the UK, Jean-Luc Melenchon, who could genuinely be described as "loony left", was described by Channel 4 News as the "French Bernie Sanders". Again, Bernie is not loony left but a moderate social democrat. I too am a moderate social democrat, yet I have been described by countless conservatives and liberals as "loony left". When will they ever learn!

Centre-left
What it really means: Centre-right
Case in point: Pretty much every centre-right liberal politician and party has been described by the capitalist mainstream media as centre-left. Can you see a pattern here? The centre-left is now considered the far-left and the centre-right is now considered the centre-left. The capitalists have moved the centre so that their views are more in line with mainstream politics, and the proles just gobble it up like a pack of starving cats. The New Zealand Labour Party is considered centre-left. It is not. The political compass puts it to the centre-right. The German Social Democratic Party is also considered centre-left. It is also centre-right. Friedrich Ebert is spinning in his grave! And who can forget New Labour?

Radical Centrist
What it really means: Far-right and socially liberal
Case in point: Emmanuel Macron considered himself a radical centrist. He was not that but a far-right neoliberal. Nevertheless, the media reported that Macron was indeed a radical centrist. The same is said for The Opportunities Party in New Zealand. Both Macron and TOP are placed on the Libertarian Right on the Political Compass, being economically far-right, but socially liberal. The capitalist media want you to think that having socially liberal views somehow cancels out being economically far-right and puts you in the centre. Do not be a fool! All it means is that Macron is fine with poor gay people starving and dying on the streets, so long as they are dying because they are poor and not because they are gay.

Centre-right
What it really means: Most likely far-right, occasionally right-wing
Case in point: The UK Conservative Party, German CDU, New Zealand National Party, Canadian Conservative Party, et al! All are considered centre-right but it is a load of bullshit. Their views have all been put on the Political Compass as far-right, and they are extremely far-right to a great level.

Far-right
What it really means: Very authoritarian, Most likely centre-right, Ocassionally right-wing/far-right
Case in point: Marine Le Pen in the French 2017 election what considered by all the media as far-right. This is a load of bullshit. She was centre-right and more left-wing than Macron. The political compass shows this. This is true also for the BNP in Britain, which is also centre-right and more left-wing than New Labour, Lib Dems, Tories and UKIP. It is also true for Donald Trump, who is indeed right-wing, but to the left of Hillary Clinton. As well as Alternative fur Deutschland, which is also right-wing, but to the left of Merkel. The media does not mention this because they want to to conflate authoritarianism with extreme right-wing. But this is bullshit as the Katter's Australian Party is very socially authoritarian, but centre-left economically. As well as that, the New Zealand First Party is authoritarian and very anti-immigration, but also centre-left. By rendering you incapable of viewing the political spectrum as an economic one, they successfully manage to get liberals to be fine with far-right economic policies that oppress the working classes for the benefit of capitalistic parasites, so long as they pro-immigration, feminist and LGBT.

Of course, this means that Liberals and Conservatives differ very little on economic policy, but more on social issues. In fact, some conservatives are to the left of some liberals. And even the social reforms that liberals propose don't do very much as most liberals eat meat, so whilst claiming to champion the rights of women and gays, they are eating female animals and LGBT animals on a daily basis, which have been tortured brutally in factory farms. And while Liberals say this they are absolutely clueless as to the fact that it is the very far-right economic system they support that promotes all these social inequalities, this sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and speceisism, simply because when we are divided, the capitalists know we are easier to control and suppress. And so the conservative proles keep blaming immigrants and muslims for all their problems, and the liberals keep blaming the conservative proles for all their problems, and the capitalists sit at the top laughing their heads off.

And finally...

Third Position
What it really means: Far-right and very authoritarian
Case in point: This isn't really an expression used by the mainstream media, but one used by the so-caled "third positionists" themselves in an attempt to put themselves as neither left-wing or right-wing. It is bullshit. When somebody says that they are "third position" what it really means is that they are a fascist. Fascists are not opposed to capitalism, they are capitalists. Don't buy into their bullshit.
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