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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:35 PM Original message |
Why try to classify dictatorships as right-wing or left-wing? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's a good question. Never occurred to me to wonder why that is. |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't see why it would be classified as rightwing either ... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought Jeanne Kirkpatrick made a big deal about this during the Reagan years. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. How did Jeanne (god rest her miserable soul) |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think the political spectrum is kind of a circle... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Does the Libertarian position deserve so much honor and respect |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. They are all totalitarian - authoritarian on all social issues... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes, that's very much it. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, but they are different |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-19-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. And I should also note, that in certain circles of the Nazi party... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. I call it the flat earth reason |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. All ideologies are dangerous. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. I don't classify them that way myself, and frankly think it is a |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. A quote from Robert A. Heinlein |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The key word there seems to be "controlled." |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
15. Because the rise of Hitler depended, to a large degree, on whether he was right or left. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. "Most were either extreme right or extreme left." |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. ??? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. I think that all dictatorships are right-wing in many crucial ways |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-20-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. It has to do with class interests |
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