re: #51 Buck

I am on record about how I feel about that.

It is my belief that the political spectrum does not sit on a line, but is actually on a circle. The political center is at the bottom of the circle, and different ideoligies can be placed left or right of that spot. With the extreme left and extreme right meeting at the top in crazyville. That is where they share many views and traits.

I don’t think that it is ok to put Hitler squarely on the Left or Right. He had a lot in common with people like Mao, and Stalin certainly. But I would not easily lable him that way.

i’ll take that as a “no, i don’t think that liberalism is nazism”, and a “no, i don’t think that obama is a socialist”. ok?

i define nazism as an aggravated form of fascism, which i would define as an extreme form of authoritarian government which ruthlessly represses and denies its citizens freedom of speech, assembly, conscience, and due process under law

as for socialism, the strict definition is a form of economic organization where the government owns and operates all major industries. however, all governments in the world now have some form of government run pension schemes and health insurance arrangements, which can therefore be called ‘socialized’ to some extent

are we in agreement so far?