Whats with the leftwing bent of Wrongplanet?

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Since all three of the competitors for the US presidency are up to their ears in obligations to those national forces which control the business economy and the legislatures wave their hands in several directions but consistently support the business interests it does not look likely that much change will take place in the slide of the American economy and the decline in the standard of living. When New Yorkers start wearing rubber boots to work and Florida is a mere fond memory perhaps they will start to get serious about global warming. Boat sales, no doubt, will do well.

Has America ever even had a proper fascist right-wing government? An actual hardcore one, with the jackboots and saluting and pogroms and whatnot?

I'm thinking not, which I suspect means that an american view of what is right or left or liberal or facist is perhaps not going to bear much resemblance to a european opinion of the same.

How this reflects in the autistic spectrum.... UK aspies seem to be treated with a degree more liberalism than US ones, though I cant speak for other european nations. If anything, we have been ignored or sidelined, rather than mistreated. Does that then mean that our own attitudes are somewhat more liberal? Quite possibly yes. It does seem that the more right-wing posters on WP come from the states, rather than europe, though again that might be simply because of definition differences. (See earlier post from the Dutch poster.)

Although I am white and a former New Yorker I was peripherally involved in the movement for black rights back in the 1960's and even had a cross burnt on my lawn in Tennessee. Although the federal government was not openly totalitarian many of the local governments used their local police forces not unlike the way that the Nazis persecuted the Jews although they were not as well organized. Nevertheless many black people lived under what could only be considered totalitarian conditions. The history of the USA is replete with persecution of various minorities which admittedly was not as thorough or well organized or as total as what the Jews experienced in Germany and Poland and neighboring countries. Nevertheless the seeds are there and the security panics regularly stimulated by the current administration indicates that a certain fertility for absolutism still resides.

I find it highly unclear if the current US administration is supposed to be right wing or not, and if it is, how that affects the imcidence of right-wing aspies (or not.)

Assuming for a moment that the US truly was a totalitarian state, would that then mean an increase in totalitarian aspie posters, or an increase in liberal ones? Or would someone drop a soviet bloc on the whole thing and we wouldnt see any americans at all, because they werent allowed here? Surely the fact that there is such a mix of both liberal and not here is indicative of the fact that the states arent all that hardcore?

Imagine for one second if instead of spending trillions upon trillions of American tax dollars to secure tomorrows energy through the acquisition of Iraqi oil fields the money would have been spent here in America on Americans. Imagine if that money had been used to bail out social security or fund the development of alternative energy sources.

What would we have done with the horrible dictator Saddam you ask? We certainly could have flipped a coin.

Heads>

We do nothing. Why should we care? We dont care about any of the other third world dictators out there oppressing their people and denying them democracy. The only difference with Saddam was that he personally insulted BushI so BushII emptied the coffers going after him. Yeah we hung him for talking trash but at what cost? Certainly you dont believe it had anything to do with 911.

Tails>

Nuke Iraq. Explain to the Iraqi people that the only way for them to stop it is to overthrow Saddam. Give them three days. After three days if they are not dragging his body through the streets begin the shock and awe. Ultimately drop nukes big enough to rattle the bones of Mohammad himself. Let it be an example to Iran. Guaranteed three days later the people of Iran are dragging Ahmadikjobs body through the street. After that we can introduce them to democracy, send their kids to Bible school or whatever doesnt matter. I believe most people generally want to do the right thing.. they just need a little motivation.

It's a pretty sure thing that if nukes start dropping civilization as we know it will quickly go down the drain.
Anybody who thinks the USA is winning in Iraq really isn't following events very well.

I am so sick of people complaining about mutlicutluralism being forced on them or multi religions. the point of multiculturalism is to increase the acceptance of all cultures, so that is including your own, you are a culture. Just as religous pluralism means the respect of all religions including yours. How would one feel if they went to another country and forced to give up their way of life?

Yeah you're right. That whole "Oil for food" thing was going great.

seriously though

When the next American revolution takes place and our national guard is scattered to the wind. I want to see some blue helmets out there directing traffic and shooting looters.