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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
In This Corner We Have...
Two Ideologies are facing off in this country, Left Wing, Right Wing. Best description so far, from Johah Goldberg: "I would define 'left-wing' as statist, collectivist, egalitarian (within a defined group, be it based on class, race, or nationality), enamored of the Romantic spiritualization of the political, and hostile to tradition, religious orthodoxy, natural rights and Lockean individualism. I would define 'right-wing', particularly within the Anglo-American tradition, as pro-market, favoring limited government, respectful of religion and tradition, and protective of the individual and his rights. By any remotely similar definition, fascism belongs on the left..."
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