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I think authoritarian vs. non authoritarian is more useful than left-right. For instance in the US both of the big parties are authoritarian and are pushing big
by laut 17y ago
I think authoritarian vs. non authoritarian is more useful than left-right. For instance in the US both of the big parties are authoritarian and are pushing big government. To me they are very similar.
That it is leftist doing censor ship is not surprising at all, just look at the history.
In the US both the term "liberal" has been hijacked by socialists. In the US the term libertarian is used for what in the rest of the world is still called "liberal".
- thomaspaine 17y agoTo be fair, the original usage of the term "libertarian" in a political context was to refer to socialist-anarchists.