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1. Socialism and Fascism are both responses to Capitalism.
2. At their core, a left-winger is someone who fights for egalitarianism, and against the idea that people should be ruled over by others.
3. At their core, a right-winger is someone who fights for hierarchy, and promotes the idea that some people should rule over others.
Important points for anyone who consumes political media
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Important points for anyone who consumes political media
Always remember folks: Capitalism is based on exploitation!
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Christopher Shilts
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Re: Important points for anyone who consumes political media
Agreed on point one. Interestingly enough, Mussolini started his political life as a socialist.
On the second point, again I think the left-right dichotomy is obsolete. When one looks at political systems, there's a lot of overlap between what we call left and right wing. If sources are accurate, the term left and right wing was first given around the time of the french revolution, with people sitting on the right wing in support of monarchy and aristocracy, and the left for revolution / the commoners. I'm sure it was more complicated than that in actuality. For example reactionaries are often considered right wing, and yet they fight other groups that are supposedly right wing over various issues, sometimes going so far as to attempt a coup. Anyhow, I'm not sure you can boil political movements down to whether they are egalitarian or hierarchical in nature.
On the subject of hierarchy, I'll be lazy and copy pasta what I wrote in your Fascism / Nationalism thread:
I also noted that this VAUSH guy talks a lot about black outcome. You might want to check out Jared Taylor's video Basic Facts About Race in 13 minutes.
On the second point, again I think the left-right dichotomy is obsolete. When one looks at political systems, there's a lot of overlap between what we call left and right wing. If sources are accurate, the term left and right wing was first given around the time of the french revolution, with people sitting on the right wing in support of monarchy and aristocracy, and the left for revolution / the commoners. I'm sure it was more complicated than that in actuality. For example reactionaries are often considered right wing, and yet they fight other groups that are supposedly right wing over various issues, sometimes going so far as to attempt a coup. Anyhow, I'm not sure you can boil political movements down to whether they are egalitarian or hierarchical in nature.
On the subject of hierarchy, I'll be lazy and copy pasta what I wrote in your Fascism / Nationalism thread:
I'll add that human ability is not equally distributed, so you'll always end up with people at the top and bottom of any system. Are observable differences in intelligence and innate ability between people real, or figments of our imagination? And if ability is not equally distributed, is it not right that the most competent should end up in charge of the fields they excel at?How much can hierarchy be minimized? According to Dunbar's Number, human groups can't organize in a decentralized manner much past 150 people. Once you get beyond a very small village style society people end up in various social, political, and economic organizations. Within these organizations there have to be leaders and officers at different levels. Whether they are appointed according to merit or for other reasons may be within the memberships power to decide, depending on the organization and its purpose.
I also noted that this VAUSH guy talks a lot about black outcome. You might want to check out Jared Taylor's video Basic Facts About Race in 13 minutes.