to my amazement

[Muslim]

i met some dude who still thinks that the natzi political structure is right winded
ofc it is left wing, considering that it takes control over the economy, and such denies the free will of the market, laissez faire
sad ignorant goons

[P_ducky]

im surprised as well

you think he would be autocratic.....

[Mirai]

I thought you left.

[Kumnaa]

Originally posted by Mirai
I thought you left.

[Dante Hicks]

Originally posted by Muslim
i met some dude who still thinks that the natzi political structure is right winded

You could make an argument that the economic structure was left-wing (a pointless one since authotarian state control != workers control).

But there's no serious way you could describe the political structure (authotarian, highly-heirarchical, unequal, anti-free speech, racist, tradition-worshipping, etc) as "left-wing". Well, you can obviously define it whatever you want, but you can't exactly retain credibility as a commentator on such matters. Similarly, I can define liberalism as "jew hating" and then call the NAZI's liberals, but I don't really see what that gains me.

To save Nod the time of posting, I'll just say that some say the left/right schism only applies to economics, but I'll just say that I disagree with that. It completely de-historicises the term(s).

p.s. obviously the left/right divide impoverishes the richness of poltical discussion, etc, etc.

[wu_trax]

Originally posted by Dante Hicks
... tradition-worshipping ...

when did left-wing people stop it?

[Dante Hicks]

Originally posted by wu_trax
when did left-wing people stop it?

Examples please.

Yes, everyone uses traditional symbols, language, references, etc (e.g. still going on about the Paris Commune). But I'd say "right wing" (in the context I'm speaking) people elevate tradition into some sort positive guide.