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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3
The "liberal media" at this point is pretty much a myth..Are you aware of the model of the political continum which begins at totalitarian fascism on one end and then goes in a circle to totalitarin communism on the other, the two meet at the end of that circle and all other political ideologies lie somewhere in between on the circle .Maybe imagining that can help with your confusion about Hitler being far to the left he was not and I know Strandie has been over this with you again and again.I think you are wrong. More murders have been comitted in the name of religion over the course of history than anything else
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There was actually a book recently done on the subject and he concluded that there were far more murders committed in the name of atheism in the last century than all the previous wars combined.
I am aware of the circle, but I cannot agree on the premise. It leaves out libertarian or anarchist tendencies. There are also other diagrams such as a cross with authoritarianism on the top, anarchy at the bottom, with redistribution on the left and free markets on the right. I think that is a little closer to representing the truth of the political spectrum. I am not authoritatian and I am for unbridled free markets. Unfortunately, both mainstream parties are both authoritarian on social issues or economic issues. To me, economic issues trump social ones, so I vote republican. I'm more of a libertarian than anything, except I cannot agree with them on open borders, legalizing drugs, or dismantling our standing military.
As far as Hitler goes, he was fascist and sympathized with Mussolini. However, socialism and fascism are both redistributionist concepts, which are Marxist at the core. Hitler was a lefty, albeit a loony. I can't think of a single right wing concept he had. Stalin was a lefty. Communism is an extreme left wing philosophy. This is very basic.