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To: Vaquero

The European Right has always had these elements. That is why it is really hard to explain to European friends why and how American conservatism is different in its ideological makeup.

It is also why it’s dangerous to just automatically lump all anti-EU/anti-Merkel forces as being positive. They’re not.


13 posted on 06/10/2018 1:04:36 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The Germans deem nationalism to be an ideology of the Right....when in reality it sprang from the Left. Therefore, even though they were open and avowed socialists, they insist on calling the Nazis far Right. This is mostly due to the fact that Germany hardly has anybody on the Right as it would be understood in the Anglosphere. The closest they come is the FDP which struggles to even get 5% of the vote so it can have seats in the Bundestag.

When over there I loudly and proudly tell people I’m a flaming right winger. I’m for individual rights and against the power of the state. I’m for limited government, bringing the troops home and only getting involved militarily when our vital national interests are truly at stake - which is rare. All of that is far removed from what they consider right wing.


34 posted on 06/10/2018 9:08:04 PM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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