Reply #136: we have this problem in France too

[reggie the dog]

there is a right left division about how free trade and capitalism will be run, the debate centers on how much of a social system will be put in place and how progressive the government will be on issues such as gay marriage, drugs etc. In the end of the day the two main parties in France and the USA all seem to be happy with free trade and delocalizing factories while selling off nationalized goods. In France the whole political spectrum is far enough to the left that the socialists help working people, but they are still pro free trade. The only real difference of opinion from this comes from fringe parties on the extreme left and the extreme right (nationalist) parties.