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mountebank Donating Member (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-04 01:43 PM
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12. Interesting question actually if one considers "political spectrum."
I find myself touting the political spectrum often these days when talking about John Kerry. On one axis: liberal v. conservative (or communism on one extreme, super-capitalism on the other). The other axis: authoritarianism v. libertarianism (note small L).

On the liberal v. conservative axis, obviously there is a real and substantive difference between Kerry and Bush and this is why we will all vote for Kerry (with a few crazy exceptions) if he is the nominee.

But on the other axis, there is not a substantive difference between Kerry and Bush. The people will have no more control over their political situation under Kerry. It will certainly SEEM less jack-booted superficially, because John Ashcroft won't be there looking like a Nazi. But the people will not have any more power with Kerry. In this way, they are not substantively different.
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