Chapter 66 There used to be a "B layer"

If I want to make a generalization of the two national elections since the Koizumi government came to power, I am afraid that there will be no disagreement: "These two elections really reflect the 'public opinion', but they can only say 'Yes' Or 'No' public opinion." Koizumi's so-called reforms are not reforms in the true sense, and the handling of issues such as postal privatization and pensions have also deviated from their essence. When the government formulated the provisional gasoline tax rate in 2008, the reason given by the government was that "the lives of the people are very chaotic."

In short, it is the continuation of the "〇X" game practice that has not changed at all.If this situation continues, the final outcome is self-evident. Throughout the nearly 30 years of Japanese elections, the Liberal Democratic Party has always been in power.Only in 1989 did the Liberal Democrats lose in the 1993 general election due to a consumption tax increase.But this is just a stumble on his own.Why do you say that, even if it is not the result of policy elections, it can only be said that the Liberal Democratic Party has harmed itself. At that time, the consumption tax policy was implemented, and that election was called the "Virgin Mary Election", and the core Social Democratic Party was considered to be in the limelight at that time, but how many people still remember their policies today?

Also, how many people still remember the Hosokawa Cabinet, which was born under the upsurge of the new party? In the final analysis, in the consciousness of those in power in Japan, what they have to do is to punish the Liberal Democratic Party, and they are only at this level.Although Japan's "decline of IQ" has been accelerated since Koizumi came to power, but then again, people who are called "B strata" in "postal elections" existed before.Frankly speaking, in Japanese politics, there are actually only "A Liberal Democratic Party" and "B Democratic Party".

Although a two-party system has been implemented in recent years, the Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party are still on opposite sides so far.Many of the members of the Democratic Party are former members of the Liberal Democratic Party, because they also include the "left" members of the old Socialist Party with the background of autonomous labor groups, so the so-called political parties are no more than a group of rabble at any time. Because the Democratic Party is derived from the Liberal Democratic Party and is made up of MPs from labor groups, the two parties are not that different in political thought, so it may be more appropriate to call the Democratic Party "Liberal Democratic Party B".

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