Politics: Where we struggle to kneel in the muck.

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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
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

Agreed that the far left and far right are essentially mirror images of each other in some ways. I'm just questioning how the convention came to depict them at the far right of the spectrum. Except for Mussolini getting the trains to run on time, those people share nothing with people like Buckley. Take out the hatred and elbow-room stuff, and you have run-of-the-mill socialism run amok.