The right wing constantly mangles politics in the US and confuses socialism with fascism. While conservatives have been unsuccessfully trying to portray Democrats as socialistic or communistic, much of their own party has descended into fascism.
Rightardia sees the US political
spectrum like this. There is a center with progressive Democrats on
the left center, followed by Blue Dog Democrats in the center and
Yellow dog Democrats in the center right.
At this time there are no Yellow Dog
Democrats in Congress.
On the right, I would place
libertarians, followed by country club or establishment Republicans. On the extreme right fascists that include most of the ditto heads,
the Tea Partiers and the citizen militia members.
An international political
spectrum
There is a center and right in the US,
but there is no coherent left wing. Form an international
prospective, the US is a center right nation that has shifted to the
center after the last election.
Conservatives view Democrats as socialists while Democrats view the GOP as having
descended into authoritarian fascism. The Democratic approach has
been to reform or tweak different social programs like health care.
The GOP message is prescriptive you can't have an abortion, you
can't use birth control, you can't have a union in this state, or we can't make it too easy to vote of people will commit voter fraud.
Republicans view Democrats as takers;. Democrats view republicans as "take aways."
There are both dictators on the left
and right, a subtlety conservatives seem to miss.
:
Here is a list of US friendly right
wing dictators, past and present
On the right, These are people like
Shah Pahlavi, Augusto Pinochet, and Anastasia Somoza of
Guatemala
Left wing dictators are people such as Mao Zedong(China) Kim Jong-Il (North
Korea) Fidel Castro (Cuba) Josef Stalin (USSR) and more Robert Mugabi
(Zimbabwe) and Saddam Hussein (Iraq).
The
Sodahead graphic explains this dichotomy:
The
Rightardia political spectrum in the US
Progressive
Dems Blue Dog Dems Yellow Dog Dems Libertarians Establishment
conservatives fascists (ditto heads, TP, militia)
I-----------------------CENTER----------------I I-------------------------------------RIGHT------------------------------I
Appreciate any feedback to improve the US political spectrum.
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