['Hmmm if I remember correctly Hitler was a "right winger" also!!']
You don't remember right. Hitler was a SOCIALIST. Nazi is short for NATIONAL SOCIALIST - a Statist. You know - one of those who think that we should look to the state to answer every problem in society. Right-wingers don't thing government is the answer to ANY problem. In actuality - we think that the government is the CAUSE of most problems.
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Yup rioght wingers don't think our government is a solution to any problem. Except for other countries problems, the war on drugs, preventing gay marriage, abortion, what should be taught in sex ed, and supporting Christian prayer in public institutions. Oh and a personal decison about the right to die.
Lets be honest republicans are not the small government party anymore. When it comes to any of the above issues they are just as heavy handed and invasive as any democrat.
I understand your confusion with the terminology, but "National Socialism" was NOT the same thing as conventional socialism in terms of definition, any more than the "Democratic" party opposes the republican form of government in favor of pure democracy. There were some appalling similarities in how they were both applied, but this had more to do with corrupt human nature, not political ideologies. Please take some time to explore political history a bit and become better acquainted with reality.
~David D.G.
What makes me sad is that I've seen this kind of crap argument before. I think it just makes people feel better to be able to group socialists, communists, and fascists into one big category no matter the merit in doing so.
"Right-wingers don't thing government is the answer to ANY problem. In actuality - we think that the government is the CAUSE of most problems."
I agree with you on that point. Unfortunately for you, I also happen to think that most right-wingers are also the cause of more problems than they solve. Particularly religious right-wingers like Bush and company.
Right-wingers don't thing government is the answer to ANY problem. In actuality - we think that the government is the CAUSE of most problems.
And yet right-wingers are universally statist-authoritarian, even if some of them try to avoid the label by devolving the state into purely unaccountable private hands. If nothing else, a non-statist capitalist system is impossible, and even the religious right-wingers tend to worship Mammon too much to give up their ability to profit from other people's labor.
And we all know that political parties never lie when naming themselves.
So, the Bolsheviks really were the majority party, North Korea really is a Democratic Republic, and China really has a Republican form of governement by the people...
Right-wingers don't thing government is the answer to ANY problem.
How's that War on Drugs working out for you? Good use of money and resources?
While you're pondering the answer to that, how do you feel about that constitutional amendment to protect marriage that so many others in the ultra-right think we so desperately need?
How about this, he was a delusional right-winger who used support for a leftist party to take control of a nation desperate for a charismatic leader. Once he had the job, he created one of most politically right-winged societies this world has ever seen and laid siege to everyone he believed was unfit to live.
You don't "think" at all.
Socialism is not a bad word, a dangerous concept or inherently evil. It;s a word that, in fact, describes unity and co-operation. ALL of the FREE world is socialist by definition
@ Kuyohashi --
So...Republicans are anarchists, then?
...except that anarchists are the more anti-statist branch of the left wing. The most widespread branch of anarchism is also known as libertarian socialism . So Br. Max has another layer of fail in there.
Yeah, because no party leaders have ever chosen a name that they think will attract voters, over one that accurately describe their politics.
Our two right-wing parties are the Moderate Coalition and People's Liberal party.
We have a racist* party that is called the Sweden Democrats.
OK, let's keep the government out of people's lives then! Let people marry whoever they want, regardless of gender. Let people decide for themselves when to have children and when not to continue a pregnancy. Let people decide for themselves whether to believe in gods or not. Happy now, Br.Max?
* They don't think they're racists, but most other people think that wanting to keep all but native Swedes out of the country, and throw out the immigrants that have already gotten in, is kinda racist.
This "if Hitler did it it's wrong"attitude is stupid.
Hitler also encouraged pregnant women not to smoke. Should we stop doing that, since Hitler did it?
Confused?
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