[Lars65]

Thats the trouble with the modern western left/right arguments, is that they lack nuance. All because a few nutty russkies got out of hand a hundred odd years ago. I mean take a country like Japan. CEO salaries are a fraction of NA standards, and few people are poor outside of personal choice. Hardly anyone would accuse them of being leftists, but somehow their corporate culture believes in societal good over gross profiteering. So instead of constantly framing the debate in a knee jerk 'leftism is evil' stance that western society has adopted since the early 1900s, perhaps we should engage in a more nuanced debate. It would certainly benefit society, just in and of itself.