Disagree with Vidal b/c far left is total government control (totalitarianism) and far right is anarchy (no government control). Most of the people find common ground in the center, compromising here and there to make the American dream possible for the people. But the federal government has been growing and growing where we have the unelected “deep state”- oligarchy in both parties since human nature is self-serving.
Since Left of center has grown towards thinking “government” is the answer to all problems, the Left has moved further to totalitarianism. Many people don't get that fascism is a totalitarian government - the state controls the corporations and it is all the way to the left.
And here lies the conundrum: People on the Left believe they are the better ones (and they are when it comes to being considerate of others because they are Right - pun intended). They are empathetic and feel more for the Other, thus making them better people. They make their decisions based on their feelings, not facts. That is why many young people, including a brainiac like Thomas Sowell, are/were attracted to Marxism. And, by age 30, after working for the federal government, Dr. Sowell started to see that facts matter more than feelings and that marxism might sound good but is in fact total BS that doesn't understand human nature - that of being self-serving, always.
Maybe the Left used to be more empathetic and feel more for the Other but not any longer. The Left honors, encourages and lives in victimhood. They are the least empathetic to others if others disagree. They still believe they are the better ones in their self-righteous victim thought patterns.
Regarding Fascism, it seems to me it's a government that is controlled: "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power. Franklin D. Roosevelt As to the Left, it's been this way, for a long time: If you don't vote Socialist/Communist before you are twenty, you have no heart - if you do vote Socialist/Communist after you are twenty, you have no head. Georges Clemenceau
Disagree with Vidal b/c far left is total government control (totalitarianism) and far right is anarchy (no government control). Most of the people find common ground in the center, compromising here and there to make the American dream possible for the people. But the federal government has been growing and growing where we have the unelected “deep state”- oligarchy in both parties since human nature is self-serving.
Since Left of center has grown towards thinking “government” is the answer to all problems, the Left has moved further to totalitarianism. Many people don't get that fascism is a totalitarian government - the state controls the corporations and it is all the way to the left.
And here lies the conundrum: People on the Left believe they are the better ones (and they are when it comes to being considerate of others because they are Right - pun intended). They are empathetic and feel more for the Other, thus making them better people. They make their decisions based on their feelings, not facts. That is why many young people, including a brainiac like Thomas Sowell, are/were attracted to Marxism. And, by age 30, after working for the federal government, Dr. Sowell started to see that facts matter more than feelings and that marxism might sound good but is in fact total BS that doesn't understand human nature - that of being self-serving, always.
Maybe the Left used to be more empathetic and feel more for the Other but not any longer. The Left honors, encourages and lives in victimhood. They are the least empathetic to others if others disagree. They still believe they are the better ones in their self-righteous victim thought patterns.
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Regarding Fascism, it seems to me it's a government that is controlled: "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power. Franklin D. Roosevelt As to the Left, it's been this way, for a long time: If you don't vote Socialist/Communist before you are twenty, you have no heart - if you do vote Socialist/Communist after you are twenty, you have no head. Georges Clemenceau