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Posted by Thumper on December 21, 2007, 12:16 pm
> Chuck Rhode wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:41:13 -0800, Michael R. Kesti wrote:
>>
>>> Right winger? I suppose, given that libertarianism is more closely
>>> aligned with the right than the left.
>>
>>It's a puzzlement! *I* think of these as the same:
>>
>>o Left - Right
>>
>>o Liberal - Conservative
>>
>>o Jeffersonian - Jacksonian
>>
>>o Federalist - States' Rights
>>
>>o Big Government - Libertarianism
>>
>>o Communism - Fascism
>>
>>... all having to do with statecraft. Admittedly these terms are not
>>all of the same vintage, and there has been some drift over time in
>>their generally accepted definitions. This is how I explain the
>>paradox of twisting "Big Government" around to the left of
>>"Libertarianism." On second thought I guess the paradox has always
>>been there. Jefferson spent an incredible amount of cash on the
>>Louisiana Purchase, didn't he?
>>
>>However, there are other dimensions such as economics:
>>
>>o Communism - Capitalism
>>
>>o centrally planned - free market
>>
>>... and religion:
>>
>>o Universalism - Fundamentalism
>>
>>... and ethics:
>>
>>o Communism - Populism
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> You don't seem to be at all puzzled, Chuck.
>
>>... so I think you could be a Jeffersonian Populist even though you'd
>>be a really rare bird.
>
> Heh.
>
>>... and did anyone actually watch _Rise and Fall of the City of
>>Mahagony_ on PBS?
With Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams?
--
Rev. Thumper Rabbitt
Minister and Prophet,
Church of Rec.Motorcycles®.
>
> I didn't watch it nor do I recall seeing it promoted.
>
> --
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> Michael Kesti | "And like, one and one don't make
> | two, one and one make one."
> mrkesti at hotmail dot com | - The Who, Bargain
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