{"id":5550,"date":"2015-10-29T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=5550"},"modified":"2016-10-02T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T20:42:13","slug":"424-left-and-right-a-comparison-our-political-culture-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/5550","title":{"rendered":"424 &#8211; Left and right &#8211; A comparison \/ Our political culture of corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3505\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5550-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5550-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:04:59 &#8212; 74.5MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5550-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5550-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5550-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_embed=5550-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5551\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/424-Stop-Harper-168x100.jpg\" alt=\"Stop Harper\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>00:03 Left and Right &#8211; A comparison:<\/strong> characteristics of the left, media reaction to Canadian federal election results, leftists vs rightists, contrast in print &#8211; Toronto Star vs National Post<br \/>\n<strong>15:25 Star of the Left:<\/strong> Toronto Star editorial on Harper&#8217;s electoral loss, assertions of &#8216;misgovernance&#8217;, the left&#8217;s expressions of revulsion against Harper, characterizing the left as petty and vindictive, the left has no class<br \/>\n<strong>32:30 Our political culture of corruption:<\/strong> the West&#8217;s crisis of corruption, Ontario&#8217;s Kathleen Wynne and the teachers&#8217; unions, forms of corruption, consequences of corruption, against what standard, examples of systemic corruption in political practice<br \/>\n<strong>48:30 Voting for corruption by corrupting the vote:<\/strong> the ideology of the non-ideological, contradiction as corruption, &#8216;war of ideology&#8217;, solving the problem of Canadian democracy, majority rule as an end rather than means, pragmatism, ideology matters, choosing between right and wrong, the contradiction of &#8216;non-partisanship&#8217; and proportional representation <strong>1:04:58 END<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3\"><\/a><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/424-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3507\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5550-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5550-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20151029-justRIGHT-424-LeftAndRight-CULTUREofCORRUPTION.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:04:59 &#8212; 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