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Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:44:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > > Not at the end, of course: there is no end. The 'political spectrum' is
> > > not a line, but a circle, with the far left colliding with the far
> > > right.
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> > Wow, this is the first time I heard someone mention this, I always thought
> > the same. Fascism / Marxism / Communism is not too fr off in my book. I
> > think most people on the left side of the aisle think of it as a straight
> > line.
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> The first time? It's a fairly well-known principle in poli sci (and in • history
> by association) that it's a circular continuum.
Both the far right and left merge under totalitarianism. I came to this
conclusion independently many years ago, so it seems to be fairly self-evident
once you get into it. My experience is that conservatives are the ones who see
it as a straight line more than liberals, but maybe this is skewed by being so
close to Orange County.
Bruce
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| (...) Everyone has different reasons for embracing a given philosophy--a fellow I went to college with (actually, he was a Lib candidate for Ypsilanti city council in the early 1990s) apparently switched from Dem to Lib to Rep (after being shot by a (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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