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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Yeah, that "socialist" part in their name certainly puts them on the Right. What, if anything, did they do that you would characterize in any way as being part of the Right?
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They are fascists, and fascists are conventionally depicted as being to the far right end of the political spectrum.
Of course, in many practical ways the Nazis aren't too different from the totalitarian socialists of the old Soviet Union, the old China, et al.
This implies both that (1) the political spectrum is essentially, a cylinder (or a continuous band, if you prefer), and (2) the far right and far left "mainstreams" in America are essentially mirror images of each other well towards the center.
We make such a huge deal over many differences which are, in the end, only small differences in degree. Nader is correct about this, at least.
S_A_M
