I think the Old Left was more principled and honest in their views. If I have a choice between three socialists, I am going to vote for the socialist who says he is actually a socialist instead of hiding behind other labels.
The first part of this is correct, and thus I voted for the Old Left. But it's not because the New Left is disingenuously actually socialists in disguise, it's because the New Left is an ideology based on narcissism that says whatever the individual wants becomes truth. Also, the Green movement is just awful. My goodness the number of times I meet people in this town that think GMOs cause cancer and child vaccinations are some horrible government instrument of control over the masses. The New Left is like some kind of bizarro world. My goodness, if it's between that and the Trotskyists, at least the Trotskyists were such because they actually believed in it rather than to hamfist everything into some internet-driven concept of "progressivism" based on getting the social acceptability of all their friends first. Given the choice between the Green and Socialist Parties, I'd probably vote for the Socialists. [/rant]
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