America In Transition: Moving from a Conservative to a Liberal Society

[theknife]

Originally Posted by naz

Calling any political position that is left of centre communist is akin to calling any position right of centre fascist. Now, I don't believe you're a fascist, but framing the debate in such black and white terms regarding the cyclical swinging of the pendulum between left and right is disingenuous. FDR and the new deal didn't finish the US as a nation, they finished ww2 as the premier nation on the globe. That's just the best example I can find in your country's history, but none of the other left of centre major figures were communists either.

Also, many European allies of yours have left leaning governments, which are hardly communist. It's not pure and simple, the world is not black and white.

well put.

simplistic binary political thinking is not a strategy for good government; it's designed only for the accumulation and retention of political power.