The Economist

A left leaning British Economics magazine. Many on the FAR left think it leans right.

A left leaning British Economics magazine. Many on the FAR left think that it leans right, because the Economist isn't quite as rabidly anti-business and anti-economics as they are. But their views on Global Warming, Israel, American Conservatives/Republicans and other issues demonstrate they are not socially or fiscally conservative.

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~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2018-05-30

Now in truth, they might be centrist by European (collectivist/anti-individualist) standards, but that makes them left-wing to Americans. Examples include:

Economist mislabelled Ben Shapiro Alt-Right - The Economist claimed Ben Shapiro (a devout Jew) was, “Inside the mind of the alt-right sage without the rage”. Ben has been one of the leading critics of the alt-right... and the feeling was mutual. The Economists tried to defend their position, but they reluctantly had to retract.
New Jersey and the Economist - The Economist ran an oft quoted FakeNews story that blue states subsidize red states (via taxes/benefits). They did it by ignoring borrowing, compliance costs, and other inefficiencies. What it really showed is that if you spend $2.63 (in taxes, debt, etc) you get $.60 in purchasing power back, and some will see the $.60 (ignore what it cost) and think they're coming out ahead.

Other positions include:

They were against individualism/rights and opposed leaving the EU
They do flip on some local election -- but they were for John Kerry, Barack Obama (twice), Hillary Clinton -- none of those were the conservative, right, or pro-economics positions to take. So for the last 20 years, they haven't been right/center on American candidates
While they supporter Iraq Invasion in 2003... then they took the far left position after that, saying that this was one of their biggest mistakes (it wasn't)
They're far left (and anti-economic) on Global Warming scare mongering
They are pro-Drug legalization (which I agree with), but that's a left wing position
They are pro-Same Sex Marriage (which I agree with), but that's a left wing position
They are pro-Gun Control (anti-individual liberty and anti-Constitution)

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Are you seeing a pattern? In Europe, left and right mean different things than in the U.S. -- but by the U.S. standard, they aren't conservative (either economically or socially), individualist, Constitutionalist, pro-Nationalist, or pretty much any of the things that Americans would call "right wing" or centrist.

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