Public financing of elections.
Make political ad time a condition of fcc liscensing under existing PSA structure. Include the top three parties, distribute time by lottery.
Overhaul the mechanics of the lobbying process to better address the "redress of grievances" without biasing towards money.
Look at the structural issues at the heart of OUR COUNTRY'S problems and address them.
And your list of people I didn't vot for is inaccurate. I DID vote for nader once and would vote for kucinich if he ran where I live. I distrust the market fundamentalism of libertarianism, BECAUSE it fosters corruption of government.
In socialism the government owns all the business and makes sure that everyone is paid equally, and in communism the gov't owns everything and makes sure that everyone has everything they need.
In other areas of the world, Fascism was a part of the right-wing. The United States has never known Fascism. The right-wing of our political arena is a proponent of small government. The left wing, however, is a proponent for big government. Fascism is massive government, therefore, Fascism in the US would be a left-wing idea.
It's traditionally considered right-wing by historians and political scientists due to its nationalistic and militaristic nature.
Note that throughout recent political history the definition of "right-wing" has not been "less government." And the definition of left-wing is not necessarily "more government." That is a false dichotomy that many libertarians have manufactured in order to obscure debate.
Everything you just mentioned are perfect reasons why we need to reduce the government's power.
How do you get that out of what he said? He said corporations are running the Govt. and your answer it to weaken the govt. further so Corporations can take even more control?
The Govt. needs to protect us from Corporate greed so all of us can benefit from prosperity. That requires a STRONGER Govt.
No, if corporations are getting their power from government, then the obvious solution is to reduce the power of government. A stronger government just means more opportunity for lobbying the government.
The weaker our Govt. gets the more influence that corporations will have over it. Corporations are now "people" for God's sake. How can the Govt. let that happen?
That's what happens when you let an appointed panel of nine judges change what the laws mean.
The weaker our Govt. gets the more influence that corporations will have over it. Corporations are now "people" for God's sake. How can the Govt. let that happen?
Agreed, but what's the alternative? :shrug:
In school, I was taught that fascism was not in fact right wing, but compared to American Government, it was very much left wing. Our history class taught that the Nazi party of Germany had a meeting with the Communist Party of Germany to discuss a number of things starting on what slogans would be and what category they would say they were. Fascists were very much left wing, but they looked like right wing extremists compared to the communists, so they decided to call the communists left wing and call the fascists right wing to avoid confusion.
Fascism is left wing because you cannot own a business or large home if you don't toe the line that the ruling party draws.. If you don't toe the line, they take your business and give it to someone who will. It is far right of either communism or socialism in that it allows private property at all. In socialism the government owns all the business and makes sure that everyone is paid equally, and in communism the gov't owns everything and makes sure that everyone has everything they need.
So fascism is far right of communism but still pretty far left of American conservatism. It's somewhere in the middle.
Not exactly. It could more accurately be described as being the other way around. Rather than destroying the upper classes and seizing their wealth, as Communism does, Fascism instead co-opts big business into the machinery of the state through the influence of the ruling party.
A contemporary example of this phenomena is the, "Communist in name only," government of modern China. Private property and entrepenuership are technically allowed, but they are all subject to strict government oversight, and membership in the ruling party is basically required to have any chance of breaking into the market whatsoever.
Agreed, but what's the alternative? :shrug:
Nice, so only the "top 3 parties" are allowed to have a voice. This is your solution to people picking our candidates for us? Having....people pick our candidates for us? Try again.
That's false by definition because under a libertarian system the government wouldn't have favors to sell in the first place. It's your system, statism, that is to blame for the current corporate state.
Common sense.
Not exactly. It is the upper class wealth seizing the gov't with bribes, collusion, mutual benefits and I identified those beneficiaries. It's the Republican wet dream.
Make it 4 or 5, whatever.
But the govts current owners will never allow the libertarian govt they have convinced you is ideal.
No, like communism it is an extreme leftist ideology.Is Fascism Right Wing?
Really depends on the fascist. Like, the Nazi's would be considered centrists by American standards, but they were right wing by German Standards. Fascism can be either right wing or left. Authoritarian all the way, however.
That's ironic. If we had a libertarian "government" then there wouldn't be one to own, much less buy and sell.
To my mind Far Right economics indicates Neo-Liberalist economics. I'd Call Facist economics in the form of Nazism and Mussolini Corporatism as the government allowed their exsistance however interfered in their affairs, setting wages and dictating what actions were neccesary for a stronger state, Ever wonder why its National Socialism. Pinochet is the odd one out, combining big government with Neoliberalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics#Economics
Otherwise I agree.
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