(02-10-2019, 03:12 PM)pirkster Wrote: Fascism is an authoritarian trait, which is by definition on the far left end of the scale.

The far right end of the scale is the exact opposite - unbound individual freedom with no control whatsoever.  Anarchy.

Wherever you go that idea from, was mistaken.

Which is why the left using it to describe the right is so ridiculous.  At the extremes, left is total control and domination of the people by one.  You can see that in the endgame of today's Democrats, they don't even try to hide it anymore.  Ideas that lead to that path are mainstream today.  Extreme right is the absence of any control whatsoever over the people.  You don't see that in the Republican party today.  Libertarian and Tea Party ideologies lean this direction, but they aren't philosophies that have any broad engagement or underlie any platforms of the Republican party.  Today, the Republican party is mostly a watered down version of the Democrats.

Most people would not define left and right that way.
We already have the word "anarchy" so there's no need to define "extreme right" as exactly the same as anarchy.
Fewer people know the word "totalitarian", but that is the word that would describe a government that has no limits on its power,  not "extreme left."
Around the world, multiparty governments often form, with none of the parties having a totalitarian view, and none of the parties favoring anarchy.
"Right" and "left" refer to congresses and parliaments in general. some people all agree with each other and sit on the right side, and other people all agree with each other and sit on the left side. The things that they are disagreeing about will vary by time and place.

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