tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885694854287201066.post4715504972096707519..comments2008-07-06T21:42:24.752-04:00Åkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547046504097554789noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885694854287201066.post-38988116123884749452008-07-06T21:42:00.000-04:002008-07-06T21:42:00.000-04:00While my political leanings are such that I admire countries like Sweden and Denmark, I am a bit leery of the heavy-handed bureaucracy that seems to be growing in the EU. And that Swedish surveillance law is worrying. I would have expected more uproar about civil liberties.<BR/><BR/>Also, the class I took this past year on the history of the Left in Canada made me realize that we're not nearly as progessive as we like to think we are. We do have an important progressive legacy, but the liberal-capitalist regime fought it every step of the way, and it's the neo-liberal/capitalists who are still in power.Elliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.com