[greenisland]

Actually, either far left or far right lean control freak.

Hitler and his Fascist ally, Mussolini, were both far-right contol freaks. Josef Stalin and his predecessors were far left control freaks.

People in power like control, contrary to what they might say. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. People want to be elected because of their egos. Full stop. There is no other reason. No one does it because "they love America". They want to latch onto the gravy train and collect a check all the while dictating terms and or furthering an agenda. It's patently obvious to all.

[emodendroket]

I think the axes that the political compass (authoritarian-libertarian and economic left/economic right has are, while imperfect, a better way to think about it.

[mamon]

I feel the need to correct that mistake every time I see it: Hitler and Mussolini were both far-left.

This is not a coincidence that Hitler's political party (NSDAP) was called National Socialists. Hitler himself was the fan of Karl Marx.

It is worth remembering that effectively ALL totalitarian systems of 20th century were leftist.

[greenisland]

http://seanmunger.com/2015/09/16/a-cruel-distortion-of-histo...