What do you think of the extremes politically?

[Robert Looking]

So the question is, What, in your honest opinion, do you think of the extremes politically?
I personally remember the political stuff by imagining it is a line, on the left of the line, you got your Socialists and your Communists, which both regimes can lead to Authoritarianism, on the right of the line you got your Authoritarian people and your Fascists.
Personally I think no matter how far on which side of the line you go, you will get oppressiveness.
Leave your thoughts down below.
(P.S. this is my very first post in General)

[Floofybit]

Typically extremes are not favourable, but sometimes extremes must be taken, such as taking an extreme stance against the death penalty.

[Caulvedra]

I don't see anything wrong with being on the extremes, having to deal with the wishy-washiness of the center and the centrist status quo which seems to never change for the better is extremely frustrating so I understand very well how it can draw someone to the far end of politics

[Paddy O Fernature]

Typically extremes are not favourable, but sometimes extremes must be taken, such as taking an extreme stance against the death penalty.

Respectfully disagree with the death penalty example. Some people simply put don't need to be alive anymore for the actions they have committed. Plain and simple.

[Risottia]

So the question is, What, in your honest opinion, do you think of the extremes politically?

Extremists are ugly stuff.
Like, dunno, take the extreme left, always proposing to exterminate all bourgoises.
Or the extreme right, always proposing simply to allow them to live in the Gulag after the proletariat will have seized the means of mass production from the class enemy.

[Risottia]

Typically extremes are not favourable, but sometimes extremes must be taken, such as taking an extreme stance against the death penalty.

Respectfully disagree with the death penalty example. Some people simply put don't need to be alive anymore for the actions they have committed. Plain and simple.

Do you need to be still alive for the actions you committed, or omitted to commit?

[Glorious Freedonia]

So the question is, What, in your honest opinion, do you think of the extremes politically?
I personally remember the political stuff by imagining it is a line, on the left of the line, you got your Socialists and your Communists, which both regimes can lead to Authoritarianism, on the right of the line you got your Authoritarian people and your Fascists.
Personally I think no matter how far on which side of the line you go, you will get oppressiveness.
Leave your thoughts down below.
(P.S. this is my very first post in General)

Much like Archimedes, I do not like extremes. Except, I would like to have an extremely fun time.

I disagree with your definition of extremes though. I put Communism, Socialism, and Facism on the Left Extreme. I put Anarchy on the Right Extreme.

[Kubra]

Oh, why, it's a question best summarised with a different one: cavaliers or roundheads?

[Vikanias]

Extremists? More Extremepiss.

[Technoscience Leftwing]

Trotsky wrote that the revolution is truthful because it washes away the makeup from reality with blood. Then a head-on collision of two classes is revealed: large owners against poor ordinary people. Under these conditions, extreme parties expressing the interests of these classes fight in the civil war. But such situations arise during periods of crisis, for example, when the ruling groups of property owners unleashed a world war among themselves, leading to famine and devastation in the home front, as in 1917, or when millions of people lose their jobs, as during the Great Depression. These crises arise periodically when world capitalism experiences a phase of overproduction, prompting the closure of factories or the fight for markets through war.

But when capitalism is in a different phase, in periods of peace, when there is a demand for products, the illusion arises that all the excesses of the past have been overcome, and a harmonious state has been achieved: a well-fed lion lies next to the lamb, the poor receive handouts in the form of benefits and relaxations in cultural and everyday life. sphere, and the revolutionary criticism of capitalism by the ultra-left is considered extreme, as are the calls of the ultra-right for war and fascist dictatorship. Gradually, the world market becomes overstocked, and then the capitalists again bring the ultra-right to power, and they again organize a dictatorship and war with the death of millions of people, and after the next redivision of the world, peaceful restoration begins again, the slogan “never again” is raised, and again moderation reigns, masking accumulation ultra-right forces. Thus, peaceful moderate centrists act as locums for the far-right militarists, periodically ceding power to them. And the ultra-left is trying to rebel against this system, which requires millions of victims every 50-70 years. Decide for yourself which of them to sympathize with, based on your class interests.

[Bovad]

So the question is, What, in your honest opinion, do you think of the extremes politically?
I personally remember the political stuff by imagining it is a line, on the left of the line, you got your Socialists and your Communists, which both regimes can lead to Authoritarianism, on the right of the line you got your Authoritarian people and your Fascists.
Personally I think no matter how far on which side of the line you go, you will get oppressiveness.
Leave your thoughts down below.
(P.S. this is my very first post in General)

Much like Archimedes, I do not like extremes. Except, I would like to have an extremely fun time.

I disagree with your definition of extremes though. I put Communism, Socialism, and Facism on the Left Extreme. I put Anarchy on the Right Extreme.

I guess that would make you far-left.

[Supreme Algerstonia]

i am more extremely right then every extreme rightist in history combined, and i despise the extreme left, the only things i despise more than extreme leftism are satan

[Vallermoore]

Equally bad. Nazism/fascism is truely vile and repulsive, and Communism does not work and has killed a lot of people. I think murderers do deserve the death penalty unless the victim's family asks for mercy for the culprit.

[The Grand Fifth Imperium]

So the question is, What, in your honest opinion, do you think of the extremes politically?
I personally remember the political stuff by imagining it is a line, on the left of the line, you got your Socialists and your Communists, which both regimes can lead to Authoritarianism, on the right of the line you got your Authoritarian people and your Fascists.
Personally I think no matter how far on which side of the line you go, you will get oppressiveness.
Leave your thoughts down below.
(P.S. this is my very first post in General)

I disagree with the widespread left-right "wing line", as I think its rather inaccurate. I think of the political spectrum as being a circle, and all political ideologies fall somewhere on the circumference of this circle. The higher up the circle you go, the more authoritarian you are, and the lower down the circle you go, the more anti authoritarian. Likewise, the farther right you go, the more conservative, and the more leftward the more progressive.

I developed this idea in my head as a method of explaining what I call the "Soviet distortion", which is the fact that the USSR (a communist and therefore extremely "far left" country) had more in common with the Third Reich (a fascist and therefore extremely "far right" country) than with any truly liberal country. The theory I propose to explain the "Soviet distortion" is what I call the "theory of general political relativity". Basically, the more authoritarian a government becomes, the more it begins to lose sight of its ideology(ies) as gaining and maintaining power becomes its sole pursuit.

Essentially, think of total tyranny and total anarchy as two gravity sources (like say, a star) around which all political ideologies must orbit. Most political ideologies maintain a reasonably safe distance away from each extreme, but some get very close. The closer you get to one extreme, the closer you will be to other ideologies—regardless of fundamental differences—that also orbit close to the metaphorical star. (Does this even make sense?)

[Second Dimetrodon Empire]

So the question is, What, in your honest opinion, do you think of the extremes politically?
I personally remember the political stuff by imagining it is a line, on the left of the line, you got your Socialists and your Communists, which both regimes can lead to Authoritarianism, on the right of the line you got your Authoritarian people and your Fascists.
Personally I think no matter how far on which side of the line you go, you will get oppressiveness.
Leave your thoughts down below.
(P.S. this is my very first post in General)

Much like Archimedes, I do not like extremes. Except, I would like to have an extremely fun time.

I disagree with your definition of extremes though. I put Communism, Socialism, and Facism on the Left Extreme. I put Anarchy on the Right Extreme.

Fascism is not left-wing in the slightest, but is a series of far-right ideologies.

You should research into fascism a bit. And by "research", I do NOT mean "watch PregerU" or blindly read any other ultra-right wing media.

[Second Dimetrodon Empire]

Much like Archimedes, I do not like extremes. Except, I would like to have an extremely fun time.

I disagree with your definition of extremes though. I put Communism, Socialism, and Facism on the Left Extreme. I put Anarchy on the Right Extreme.

I guess that would make you far-left.

I like the implication there that he is a fascist.

Because there is a significant chance he is one.

[Cannot think of a name]

Typically extremes are not favourable, but sometimes extremes must be taken, such as taking an extreme stance against the death penalty.

Respectfully disagree with the death penalty example. Some people simply put don't need to be alive anymore for the actions they have committed. Plain and simple.

Wrongful convictions happen, the death penalty is murder.

[Cannot think of a name]

So the question is, What, in your honest opinion, do you think of the extremes politically?
I personally remember the political stuff by imagining it is a line, on the left of the line, you got your Socialists and your Communists, which both regimes can lead to Authoritarianism, on the right of the line you got your Authoritarian people and your Fascists.
Personally I think no matter how far on which side of the line you go, you will get oppressiveness.
Leave your thoughts down below.
(P.S. this is my very first post in General)

I disagree with the widespread left-right "wing line", as I think its rather inaccurate. I think of the political spectrum as being a circle, and all political ideologies fall somewhere on the circumference of this circle. The higher up the circle you go, the more authoritarian you are, and the lower down the circle you go, the more anti authoritarian. Likewise, the farther right you go, the more conservative, and the more leftward the more progressive.

I developed this idea in my head as a method of explaining what I call the "Soviet distortion", which is the fact that the USSR (a communist and therefore extremely "far left" country) had more in common with the Third Reich (a fascist and therefore extremely "far right" country) than with any truly liberal country. The theory I propose to explain the "Soviet distortion" is what I call the "theory of general political relativity". Basically, the more authoritarian a government becomes, the more it begins to lose sight of its ideology(ies) as gaining and maintaining power becomes its sole pursuit.

Essentially, think of total tyranny and total anarchy as two gravity sources (like say, a star) around which all political ideologies must orbit. Most political ideologies maintain a reasonably safe distance away from each extreme, but some get very close. The closer you get to one extreme, the closer you will be to other ideologies—regardless of fundamental differences—that also orbit close to the metaphorical star. (Does this even make sense?)

You came up with this?

[The Grand Fifth Imperium]

Much like Archimedes, I do not like extremes. Except, I would like to have an extremely fun time.

I disagree with your definition of extremes though. I put Communism, Socialism, and Facism on the Left Extreme. I put Anarchy on the Right Extreme.

Fascism is not left-wing in the slightest, but is a series of far-right ideologies.

You should research into fascism a bit. And by "research", I do NOT mean "watch PregerU" or blindly read any other ultra-right wing media.

I think they are advocating a different political spectrum than the "left-right" one in common use, one where you have total authoritarianism on the left of this line, and total anarchy at the end of this line. Kinda like this one that I just pulled off Google Images.

PS: I just read the text in that picture...
I'm gonna guess whoever wrote that really didnt like socialism to the point of being somewhat delusional. (And that's coming from someone who doesn't like socialism.)

[Second Dimetrodon Empire]

Fascism is not left-wing in the slightest, but is a series of far-right ideologies.

You should research into fascism a bit. And by "research", I do NOT mean "watch PregerU" or blindly read any other ultra-right wing media.

I think they are advocating a different political spectrum than the "left-right" one in common use, one where you have total authoritarianism on the left of this line, and total anarchy at the end of this line. Kinda like this one that I just pulled off Google Images.

PS: I just read the text in that picture...
I'm gonna guess whoever wrote that really didnt like socialism to the point of being somewhat delusional. (And that's coming from someone who doesn't like socialism.)

It is standard right-wing nonsense that seeks to demonize and generalize the left, as well as make false claims that Nazism is somehow left-wing.

Complete nonsense.

[The Grand Fifth Imperium]

You came up with this?

that links not working for me

[Cannot think of a name]

You came up with this?

that links not working for me

Works for me.

The take away is you just claimed to have come up with the political compass, something that's been around since the 1950s.

[The Grand Fifth Imperium]

that links not working for me

Works for me.

The take away is you just claimed to have come up with the political compass, something that's been around since the 1950s.

really? everytime I come up with a great idea someone with a time machine steals it and takes it back to the '50s! /jk

Eh, in all honesty it doesn't surprise me that someone else came up with an idea along those lines long before I did, as its nothing particularly over the top complicated.

[Unmet Player]

Most extremists, 'specially the authoritarian ones, are bad

[Alcala-Cordel]

The word "extremist" draws false equivalence between ideas that couldn't be more different from one another. Left and right are not on level moral ground; leftwing ideologies seek to overcome hierarchies whereas the right wants to establish them or preserve the status quo.