Good article! I see much the same attitude in Stateside bureaucrats, and the same frustration with it in my countrymen.
France elected a president who ran against the Socialist Party.
Italy's last election chose a conservative PM and at the same time unseated every single Communist and Socialist in parliament.
UK Socialist Labour Party has been humiliated in all off calendar votes for parliament this year, including the London Mayor that has been socialist for 60 years, and is due to be creamed in the next general election.
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