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For some (European) definitions of "right", maybe. In the U.S., reactionary thinking goes back to literal readings of the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Inde
by humanrebar 8y ago
For some (European) definitions of "right", maybe. In the U.S., reactionary thinking goes back to literal readings of the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence, though. From that perspective (maybe not your own but a prominent one), large government ideologies have more in common.
- lm28469 8y ago> In the U.S. The US has never been under fascist or communist governments so their definitions of said movements don't really matter. Hitler and Mussolini were fascists, Trump is just right wing with disputable opinions. Stalin and Mao were communists, AOC isn't even moderate left by communists standards. Saying that Trump is fascist and AOC a communist is plain ridiculous. Yes, fascism and communism do have, at least in the way they were implemented so far, things in common, but they're diametrically opposed. It's like saying you're a man AND a woman because men and women have 2 legs/arms and you do too.
- humanrebar 8y agoI was saying fascism isn't the opposite of communism simply because the European right/left paradigm would map them on opposing sides of a spectrum. Other paradigms exist in which they have much in common. One thing they have in common: being diametrically opposed to a lot of things.