Class Clown
2009-06-12 01:01:40
Why don’t we just quit describing politics as a linear spectrum, and instead a circular one. Then we could have a meaningful picture of what is actually happening in the world. The far-right and the far-left are neighbors, and on the opposite side of the circle are those of us who still value liberal, pluralistic democracy. The only historic difference between exteme left and extreme right is that the right wing puts their “national” in with their “socialist”.
We simply have to stop letting the left frame themselves as the antidote to right-wing extremism. The truth is that they are both competing between themselves to bring the modern age to its ruin. Together, they will be the ruin of us all.
