From at least the time of the French Revolution, politics has been placed on a scale of left, right and center. In this paradigm the center is ideal, left and right lead to the fringes (Communism and Fascism). So far so good, but are Communism and Fascism really opposites? Is the center really all that great? I think not.
This thinking in terms of left and right is misleading and increasingly obsolete. I've come to the conclusion that it should be replaced. How about up versus down? How about a scale that measures something real, like how much control are you willing to allow the state to have over your life? Down represents more control til you come to the very pit where you find BOTH Communism and Fascism. Up is less and less control til you find the rarified atmosphere of Anarchism.
Where on this scale do you want to live? I prefer the bracing mountain air myself.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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