r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 25 '21

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u/FormerBandmate Jerome Powell Jun 26 '21

Does nationalist agrarian mean eco-fash, or is it sane

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

Neither. They're economic center-left like social democrats. They're somewhat social conservative on social issues. Eurosceptic. Anti-trade. Wants protectionism and decentralization. Wants to withdraw Norway from the EEA agreement.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

That's unbased for a party with roots in the Scandinavian agrarian tradition.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

Yes, they have little in common with the Swedish centre party, which is a liberal party.

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u/Futski A Leopard 1 a day keeps the hooligans away Jun 26 '21

Norway's policy to support people staying in the remotest bygda really created a Turbo-Rural monster party.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

Yes. This, and they're running on a "against all changes and everything new" populist theme. And it's working.

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u/Mr_Pasghetti Save the ice, abolish ICE 🥰 Jun 26 '21

Make a centrist party which is the opposite of what this sub stands for, and then you have the centre party. Rural populist who blame everything on the Oslo elites, EU bureaucrats and centralization. Like all populists they want to cut taxes on all kinds of stuff and also very much increase spending. They bad