Twenty people walk into a bar. Five Bulgarians, five Americans, five French, and five British. In each group, there is one person born in 1880, 1920, 1950, 1980, and 2000. All identify themselves politically as “right-wing” and “conservative.” None of them have any …
More »GERB will leave as BSP because it has become BSP
Daniela Daritkova has probably had more pleasant Friday nights than last night. The chairwoman of the GERB parliamentary group was locked up for hours at BNT after her appearance on Panorama. In her appearance, she called for dialogue with the protesters, but a little later it turned out that there was a considerable gap between words and actions.
More »Principles are not pasta: Jock, Bonev and the right-wing yellow vests
The yellow-paved ideological bubble is jumping through the phases of change significantly faster than the rest of the country. We can explain this with a simple interpretation of Maslow's pyramid, in which materially satisfied millennials have climbed much higher than village grandmothers. Even more so with open access to waves of new information about …
More »S2E7 - A candid conversation about the left with Alexander Simov
In this episode: - What do "left" and "right" mean? - How has the left evolved over the years? - What is the role of cultural Marxism in the ideology of the left? - What are the relationships of the BSP with the Western left? - Are the urban democrats left or right? For greater convenience, we recommend downloading the audio …
More »Who is more left-wing: Criticism of conservatives and libertarians II
Libertarianism with Preferences This article is part two of the series "Who's More Left-Winged: A Critique of Conservatives and Libertarians." You can read the first part here. Libertarians' beliefs, on the other hand, rest not so much on the idea of a watchdog state as on an impartial state - one that will protect the rich and the poor...
More »Who is more left-wing: Criticism of conservatives and libertarians I
Each group should try to be a little like the other. One of the favorite pastimes of people on the right (apart from making 2.96-style jokes and saying "Who's not like that?" on national airwaves) is to measure their rightness in intellectual sparring, which often ends with blocking on Facebook, and in ...
More »The right-wing and conservative position is Bulgaria outside the Eurozone
The right-winger doesn't like political adventurism No, this isn't one of those articles that will make you believe that a 1,000 leva salary will become €500, and a 1 leva loaf of bread will become €1, because that won't happen. However, something else will happen - the security of the currency board will disappear...
More »Episode 0: Koshlukov, the causes of the right, the Istanbul Convention, the new coalition in Germany
Dear readers, We present to your attention the pilot episode of the new EKIP podcast - "60 Minutes of Freedom", featuring our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldzhev and political expert Kaloyan Pravov. Within the framework of this podcast, we will try to present our reading and perspective on current political topics from …
More »A dialogue with Socrates on the essence of left and right in politics
Author: Brian Kaplan (Backstory: Greek luminaries Socrates, Pericles, and Leonidas traveled via time machine from Antiquity to the 21st century. A few months after being immersed in the modern world, Pericles is a staunch follower of what in modernity we call the “left,” while Leonidas is an equally staunch follower of the “right.” Socrates, unlike …
More »Austrian Rhapsody in Black and Blue
Is 31 a lot or a little? This is the age of the leader of the People's Party, Sebastian Kurz, the winner of yesterday's parliamentary elections in Austria, who will most likely receive a mandate to form a government from the president of the Alpine republic. The Greens have also been represented in the Austrian parliament for 31 years. That is, …
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