chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is it just me or do Lemmy communities tend to skew left wing? Why might this be?
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5 months agoEh, there’s plenty of educated right wingers. Not fascists as much, but the kind of fiscally conservative economists who preach austerity are often as not highly educated, just lacking in empathy.
What’s interesting is that this precise scenario happened in the 1910s in the UK (given that at the time the house of lords was the highest court in the country as well as the upper legislative chamber). Lloyd George called an election on the subject, and negotiated with the king that if the lords didn’t vote for a reduction in their powers, he would create a massive influx of Liberal peers.
Interesting episode in history.