(02-10-2019, 05:10 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(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.

Anarchy actually doesn't fall on the spectrum. It's a state of no government and a belief that governments are unnecessary. That's neither left nor right. It's the default state until someone identifies themselves on the spectrum.

And yes, fascism and nationalism are on the far right end of the scale. Dude, I spent 20 years of my life studying political theory, from grade school straight through college. I have the horseshoe scale measured backwards and forwards and I can tell you why any particular ideology lands where it does. You are not winning this one.