re: #46 Wendya

Von Brunn doesn’t neatly fit into any classification.

I mentioned earlier that the typical left/right political spectrum that we all were taught doesn’t withstand logic because it makes the assumption that more government = more liberty. If you draw a line and place on one side people who believe in more freedom and less government intervention and on the other side less freedom and more government intervention, the traditional democrats and republicans will be fairly close to the middle with anarchists on the far right and fascists, etc.. on the far left. The spectrum that is constantly trotted out that puts Fascism and Nazism on the right does not withstand logic.

the best way I’ve seen it described is a 2-dimensional chart. Left to Right means liberal to conservative, while up-down means libertarian to authoritarian. One can be liberal while wanting less or more government.

I forget the website but if you look up “political spectrum quiz”, you will see a website made by a guy who wants to be a Libertarian, but thinks the Libertarian party is WAAAAY out there, when in fact he just wants a little less government then we have now.