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??? Define mainstream West



Western Europe, NZ, Australia, Canada. The US has always been an outlier amongst the rich nations: more religious, more violent, etc. None of the attitudes referred to by the parent would be 'hyper-' anything in most of these nations.


Social liberalism California edition is quite extreme even for (Western) Europe.


As a Western European, it really isn't.


So how did the Brexit happen? Le Pen?

There is clear shift away from extreme social liberalism, and denying that just convinces people that shift is necessary. Even when it might have disastrous consequences for the economy ...


If you're defining extreme by the shifting Overton window of European politics then suddenly fascism is not going to be extreme and mild post-war social democracy looks like Stalinist communism.

California isn't that progressive.




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