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Kasz216 on 20 April 2012
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Rath said:
Kasz216 said:
Rath said:



Still pretty much a liberal here.

Edit: Also top left isn't socialist, if anything it's communist. Socialism isn't authoritarian by nature.

Nah you've got it backwords.

Communism is green.  At least late stage communism.


Socialism would be top right because it essnetially promotes tyranny by the majority. (And I suspect agressive foreign policy.)

Socialism is a catch all phrase for a variety of economic philosophies - basically involving high government regulation, socialization of various aspects of industry and redistribution of wealth through progressive taxation. It doesn't fit on the liberarian-authoritarian line at all and you can have an authoritarian socialist state (leninist/stalinist communism) or a libertarian socialist state (social democracy).

What about those aspects aren't authoritarian?  Every law passed by majority consnet that others disagree with has some level of autortarinism behind it and hurts individualism.

It's all just a matter of HOW authoritarian it is.

Hugo Chavez is a good example that clears up the misconception pretty eaisly. He has broad power to wipe out corruption fairly arbitrairly granted by his people.

Most socialist democracies just don't seem authortarian because most socialist democracies are first world nations that are pretty well off and feel no need to exercise it's full power.