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Originally Posted by tildahat
Sorry, I just think that's flat out incorrect. Take Germany for example. The main center-left party? The Social Democrats. The main center-right party? Christian Democrats.
Having said that, party labels <> ideology labels in many cases, and people using the same label don't always agree on its definition, so we'll never prove each other wrong or right.
So I'm retiring from this interesting (to me) but terribly OT sidebar at this point.  |
No, in this case the party labels are basically correct. The grand irony about German politics is that the two main parties are really not very far apart on
any major policy issues. The main difference? The degree to which they support the private market. Social democrats prefer a larger state role, while Christian democrats - though generally similar - support a freer private market.