10-28-2018, 01:13 PM
(10-09-2018, 04:31 AM)Teejay Wrote: The way I see it that the alt-left will emerge that will support an ideology known at Alter-globalization. The British Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, along with some 'far-left' parties in Europe are beginning to develop this 'alt-left' ideology. My prediction it will emerge somewhere in the Anglosphere hard to know at this stage.
Australia and New Zealand (yay) could very be where such an ideology could get started. Both countries have very high percentages of their populations who were born overseas, and neo-nationalism's appeal is likely at its weakest anywhere in the world. In Australia nearly 30% of the population were born overseas and half the population have at least one parent born overseas. In New Zealand the percentage of people born overseas is 20%.
Wait a moment. Wasn't anti-globalism or alter-globalism already fashionable in the early 2000s? And it didn't accomplish anything. So why would it come back, mere 20 years after the demise of its original form?
Alter-globalisation in practice would mean all sort of socialist, trade union based policies that were tried during the last century and proved completely inefficient. Free market with a decent welfare system is the way to go. For now. Eventually, we'll reach post-scarcity and there will be no need for money or labour. But this paradise has to wait a century or two.
Also, since you've brought Corbyn:
http://markhumphrys.com/jeremy.corbyn.html