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...

Alex, the Nazi party were fascists - right wing totalitarians.

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

*sigh* You'll find most dictators and tyrants obviously had political
agendas of some sort or another. I think if you look and see how many
leaders have demolished constitutions in the last 50 years, you'll be
quite surprised to find just how many of them claim to be libertarian.
Indeed, there's enough that I could imply the opposite; a right/
totalitarian correlation. I won't however. I prefer to derive my
political position from the information rather than look only at
information that supports my political position.

Matt
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