On Oct 24, 6:48=A0pm, Alex Freed  wrote:

> We are getting way off topic, but I see no controversy here.
> Leftist and totalitarian go together quite well looking at
> all the Marxist dictatorships, past and present.
> Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Kim, Castro. Hitler was not a Marxist, but
> his party was (National) *SOCIALIST*. Again seems pretty left wing
> to me...

No. The Nazi party were fascists. That is right wing totalitarianism.

> Oh, and I make no claim that Stallman is in any way associated with
> this list. I ONLY comment on left/totalitarian correlation.

Of course, if you look at how many constitutions have been overthrown
in the last century you'll see leaders/dictators from all over the
political spectrum, so the correlation is illusory. This is the
problem with proceeding from your own political bias and looking for
evidence to support it - you'll often make conclusions that are
tenuous at best, downright faulty at worst.

Matt
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