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That doesn't really make sense at the end...
Like, it's structured so that logically it's a conclusion but it's not.
A bottom-up power structure is left wing, but in it the power lies with the voters, not those elected to office:
The federal party, works for the state parties and the presidential nominee.
The state parties actually do a lot here, they have a lot of primaries to organize (neutrally) and then assist all the campaigns.
In both cases though, the politicians are beholden to the voters, and should be governing based on the wishes of the majority of their constituents.
What would go a long way to fixing that would be an easy route to recall elections.
There are lots of ways to think about it. Saying 'think about it this way, that's it, stop thinking about it', is fundamentally a fascist message.
Distracting & strawmaning much?
No, just pointing out that oversimplifying things and then using a thought terminating phrase to make it sound like you made a conclusive point is what fascists do.
Creating a model of some process to better understand it is a scientific approach. Also, feel free to "terminate your thoughts" but don't go insinuating deviating meanings to everyday expressions.
'That's it' is the fascist thought terminating part.
It does not invite further inquiry or scrutiny, it acts like that's the only possible lens to view left wing / right wing through, when at its core, left wing / right wing is a massive oversimplification of literally the entire population's political views into a binary us vs them pattern.
It'd be like dividing the entirety of the animal kingdom into birds and not-birds and saying 'Birds have wings, not-birds don't have wings. That's it.'
Hook, line, and sinker
By this measure, Putin, Xi, and Maduro are right wing.
Not saying it's wrong, just extending it to the logical conclusion.
I don't know enough about Maduro to judge him, but as for Putin and Xi? Yes, absolutely.
you seem to think this is an absurd statement
Putin, Xi and Maduro are autocratic despite what they might say about themselves. They're absolutely right wing.
It's more complicated than a one-dimensional left- right. That's why someone came up with the political compass. Still doesn't tell the whole picture, but it's a more meaningful oversimplification.
The political compass is worse than an oversimplification, it’s propaganda.
I mean, to me, that comment reads like a lot of mental gymnastics and propaganda.
The world is divided into two clear sides, and whatever the other side does is bad, even if it seems benevolent, because of [way of seeing society rooted in the theory of your side].
Also, there's no such thing as authoritarian left, they always give people as much personal freedom as possible without jeopardising the movement, and any repression is the minimum amount that's needed for the greater God!
Yes.
Right and left as terms are so undercomplex, they can't really describe modern politics. Ib this case "authoritarian" vs "Democratic" would make more sense. But then the meme character could get lost...
By this measure, Putin, Xi, and Maduro are right wing.
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