• MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      But they’re objectively not. They share similarities with authoritarianism, not necessarily right wing ideology. If you don’t care about that very real distinction that’s fine, but using incorrect language just makes it harder for people to take you seriously.

      I will go back to not caring about this.

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        2 days ago

        Actually, going back to the origins of Left and Right, that fateful vote in the French Assembly just before the Revolution, those on the Right of the Speaker’s podium were in favor of the Monarchy, those on the Left Democracy.

        Using the terms correctly, you cannot have Authoritarian Left.

        The problem was Lenin, who lied about being of the people when he lost the election. He seized power and then murdered the actual political Left of Russia.

        It’s just like the Nazis lied about being socialist. They murdered the socialists first.