(02-11-2019, 02:09 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(02-11-2019, 10:21 AM)jj82284 Wrote: Ironically this is why conservatism is looking the culture war so badly.  Why would I stuck my neck out and risk the cultural backlash if I'm still forced to pay 10k to a zoning board to build a shed?

Because that's the sort of government overreach that should always be fought, and I don't think you'd find much in the way of cultural backlash for fighting against paying $10k for a shed that presumably costs $1-2k.

(02-11-2019, 11:01 AM)copycat Wrote: How do you get fascism as far right?  The right that I know is not close to wanting total control by the government.

Fascism is usually (usually) the product of extreme nationalism, militarism, theism and/or racism, which almost always fall to the far right end of the scale. That said, by the time you hit fascism, you're starting to wrap back around, and extreme leftist views can lead to it as well, just not as commonly. Hitler is the quintessential example of a fascist leader. He came to power based upon a nationalistic, militaristic and racist platform--mostly racist. Whatever "socialism" was present in the Nazi party was about as legit as Hillary Clinton's explanation of what happened in Benghazi. It was purely a fascist regime where the head of the government existed without any checks on his power, and used that power to remove political opponents, govern unilaterally and kill upwards of 6,000,000 people that he personally found undesirable. It was based on a far right agenda. To call the Nazis "left wing socialists" would be about as accurate as calling Bill Clinton a "conservative Democrat".