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the USSR for instance
Which kinda combined both
Pol pot?
khmer rouge?
Yeah, those guys were extremely anti intellectual
Romanian government?
Nah I get your point.
Hence why theres the authoritharain - libertarian scale.
Whether they are right or left matters less there.
Like Hitler was very nationalist, but also very left wing as well
And well, nationalist's opponent is globalist.
its more of a guideline than an actual rule
Damn, I'm getting confused
politics is inherently hypocritical
Nah, its more like its too complex to put into a 2 dimensional scale.
yeah that
Maybe someone should make a 3D scale of the spectrum
I mean, look at the itallian fasces party
That's not explicitly right wing
Exactly
its has right wing characteristic
I said, nationalism is associated with right wing beliefs.
And left wing
Actually I realized my mistake.
so....
So, can there be a *Right-wing* faction of Communism?
Communism isn't a form of government
Yeah, I keep forgetting the left in the US used to love their country
@missdanger Where have you heard this before?
Anything red come into mind?
yeah its all authoritarian
Farming tools maybe?
i read history books all day, i see it all the damn time
Authority vs. Liberty.
Not Right vs. Left.
So was my initial statement right?
Yeah I see the point there.
British Raj come to mind.
Ok lets just say that people in power can and will use whatever ideological and governing technique available to consolidate their control