rebelyell2006 wrote:Grampa Apathy, you dumbfuck, theocracies are not left wing by any definition.
What is Kim Jung Un, but a Living God? Especially when you consider that all religions that differ from the state line are brutally surpressed. BTW, that part about brutally suppressing religion should appeal to you. *grin*
Some historical examples.
The Shaker communities in upstate New York.
The Pilgrims in Massachusetts in their first year.
William Penn's Quakers in Pennsylvania.
There were more quasi-socialist theocratic communities in American history than you can shake a stick at.
Your problem is that you MUST cram all of history into the Procrustean Bed of your accepted definitions. And that includes the linear left/right business.
Again, where does Robert Mugabe fit? Speaking of him, Ian Smith's apologist Martin Wolverton is back on TMP.
And this is where St Mac shines. "So you think that Zimbabwe is fucked up? That means that you must support Rhodesia!" Etc etc etc with his nonsense. Of course I'm acting just like him, predicting, may DEMANDING that he fits what I think he should believe.
In your either/or world, I MUST support either Mugabe or Smith. No "both sides are fucked up" argument allowed.