On Sep 19, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> The reason why what happened in Sweden (or what is going on in Hungary
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5359250.stm) is indicative of
> broader
> popular sentiments worldwide is that the Left got bogged down in
> the hundred
> year old bread and butter mantra, and does not have much to offer
> in the
> "identity and values" department. The bread and butter mantra
> simply lost
> most of their traction, people want to hear about who they are and
> what
> their place in the world is - and the Left ceded that market to the
> Right
> and religions.
But that's not what the Swedish election was about - the Moderates promised to make modest changes to the welfare state in order to reduce unemployment.
Doug