Dennis Prager : Americans Are Beginning to Understand the Left - Townhall.com
The left imposes its values on others whenever possible and to the extent possible. That is why virtually every totalitarian regime in the 20th century was left-wing. Inherent to all left-wing thought is a totalitarian temptation. People on the left know that not only are their values morally superior to conservative values, but that they themselves are morally superior to conservatives. Thus, for example, the former head of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean, could say in all seriousness, “In contradistinction to the Republicans, we don't think children ought to go to bed hungry at night.”
Therefore, the morally superior have the right, indeed the duty, to impose their values on the rest of us: what light bulbs we use, what cars we drive, what we may ask a prospective employee, how we may discipline our children, and, of course, how much of our earnings we may keep.
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I think it is interesting that Prager claims this since when I was in school, Hitler and Mussolini were both considered to be very "right" of center. I think I need to read him in order to get further context.
As I understand it, fascism, historically, was right-wing relative to communism. It was a right-wing form of socialism which is altogether left-wing. The economic and social programs of both Hitler and Mussolini would be located on the left in the context of America's political ideologies. Calling fascism right-wing was a propaganda campaign started by the communists.
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