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To: Mike Bates

Why did Nazism and Stalinism spring from the Left side of the spectrum? Yeah, its an extreme example, maybe unfair, but I feel it was no coincidence historically


22 posted on 02/08/2006 5:25:46 PM PST by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: Wiseghy

"Why did Nazism and Stalinism spring from the Left side of the spectrum? Yeah, its an extreme example, maybe unfair, but I feel it was no coincidence historically"

It is because Communists and Socialists exalt the collective and deny the rights of individuals. The right believes in individual rights and that governments exist to defend these rights.



47 posted on 02/08/2006 5:49:28 PM PST by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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