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  7. Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:34:37 MET
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  9. From:         Grzegorz Albinowski <caius@II.UJ.EDU.PL>
  10. Subject:      left-right
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  13.  
  14. Jamie:
  15.  
  16. >Why is Nazism associated with the Right?
  17. >
  18. >I agree that it is because of its nationalism. The nationalistic
  19. >appeal was the antithesis of rationalism in politics. But partly
  20. >too, I think, because it was so anti-individualistic, in a way
  21. >that even Marxism wasn't.
  22. >
  23. >So that's by way of explanation for Caius, I guess.
  24.  
  25. My look at these matters has always been:
  26.  
  27. ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------
  28.       Leftism                    |          Rightism
  29. ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------
  30.  anti-individualistic            |     pro-individualistic
  31.                                  |
  32.  "All individual resources       |    "the state wealthy by the the
  33.  should be allocated to the      |     wealth of its citizens"
  34.  prosperity of the state"        |
  35.                                  |
  36.  "welfare" state                 |    "no free lunch"
  37.                                  |
  38. ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------
  39.  
  40. Thats why I put all flavours of socialism (Marxism, Nazism, Soviet Communism)
  41. on the left.
  42.  
  43. And Conservatism, Classical (Manchester) Liberalism, Laisse-faire on the right.
  44.  
  45. Caius.
  46.