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Post by
Sagramor
I don't know what you are talking about.
Anyway, I don't think left/right comparision is any less important to the big political picture is than simple addition is the the string theory. It may be more complicated than addition, but that is what it is built on.
That's my point, it doesn't have to be. There is a lot more to political theory than what was written at the time that the distinction was made, or at times that it was enhanced or looked upon. Besides, with a quick look at the factions playing around even in World War II, we can clearly see faults and contradictions in the "Left/Right" idea.
It might be used as one of the most lent upon pillars of modern politics, but even as a general concept it fails to represent and explain the world we live in.
Edit:
P.s.: Apparently you have never read 1984, by George Orwell. I suggest you do so.
Post by
MyTie
I don't know what you are talking about.
Anyway, I don't think left/right comparision is any less important to the big political picture is than simple addition is the the string theory. It may be more complicated than addition, but that is what it is built on.
That's my point, it doesn't have to be. There is a lot more to political theory than what was written at the time that the distinction was made, or at times that it was enhanced or looked upon. Besides, with a quick look at the factions playing around even in World War II, we can clearly see faults and contradictions in the "Left/Right" idea.
It might be used as one of the most lent upon pillars of modern politics, but even as a general concept it fails to represent and explain the world we live in.
Edit:
P.s.: Apparently you have never read 1984, by George Orwell. I suggest you do so.
... My intent wasn't an attempt to link a chart that gives a comprehensive overview of the political world for the last 100 years. I'm not mailing out textbooks. The chart gives a broad representation of the divide between the US ideologies, as well as a number of common characteristics of each side. It represents no absolutes. Don't treat it as such. I also found it to be fairly unbiased.
Post by
Sagramor
... My intent wasn't an attempt to link a chart that gives a comprehensive overview of the political world for the last 100 years. I'm not mailing out textbooks. The chart gives a broad representation of the divide between the US ideologies, as well as a number of common characteristics of each side. It represents no absolutes. Don't treat it as such. I also found it to be fairly unbiased.
What happened to you? So un-confrontational. We need Laihendi back.
Post by
baradiel
I don't know what you are talking about.
Anyway, I don't think left/right comparision is any less important to the big political picture is than simple addition is the the string theory. It may be more complicated than addition, but that is what it is built on.
That's my point, it doesn't have to be. There is a lot more to political theory than what was written at the time that the distinction was made, or at times that it was enhanced or looked upon. Besides, with a quick look at the factions playing around even in World War II, we can clearly see faults and contradictions in the "Left/Right" idea.
It might be used as one of the most lent upon pillars of modern politics, but even as a general concept it fails to represent and explain the world we live in.
Edit:
P.s.: Apparently you have never read 1984, by George Orwell. I suggest you do so.
I did for school :)
Post by
Sagramor
I did for school :)
Mind %^&*ing blowing, wasn't it?
Post by
baradiel
I did for school :)
Mind %^&*ing blowing, wasn't it?
Yeah man :(
Edit: I also had to know when was he born and where.
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204878
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Post by
Sagramor
I did for school :)
Mind %^&*ing blowing, wasn't it?
Yeah man :(
Edit: I also had to know when was he born and where.
Seems like too trifle of details for your teachers to get hung up on. That book has so many more things to offer than just random trivia.
Post by
Sagramor
I think 1984 has had a very interesting cultural impact. I can't think of another example of a book which caused those in power to keep their invasion of privacy in-check for fear of being labelled "big brother"-esque. Though I suspect it's a more British phenomenon: the PATRIOT act would never have worked here.
Tell that to the Tatcher years, and everything after that.
Post by
baradiel
I did for school :)
Mind %^&*ing blowing, wasn't it?
Yeah man :(
Edit: I also had to know when was he born and where.
Seems like too trifle of details for your teachers to get hung up on. That book has so many more things to offer than just random trivia.
I had to read the "
Animal Farm
" Book.
Post by
pezz
*Thatcher.
Post by
Sagramor
I had to read the "
Animal Farm
" Book.
Also very nice. Specially the very end, it had me smiling the whole day.
Ever read anything by Huxley?*Thatcher.
Sorry, guess that's what happens when the crazed old man goes on a bender and starts ranting.
Post by
baradiel
I had to read the "
Animal Farm
" Book.
Also very nice. Specially the very end, it had me smiling the whole day.
Ever read anything by Huxley?
Nope :(
Post by
204878
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Post by
Sagramor
Nope :(
Might I recommend Brave New World? It's also an ultimate revolution book like 1984, but it takes the idea to a completely different model than in Orwell's book. 1984 still packs a bigger punch, mostly because of the second half, but Huxley dark sarcasm and mad foresight are also astoundingly impressive.
Or, depending on your age and stage in life, Through the Doors of Perception/Heaven and Hell.
Ever read anything by Huxley?
The biologist? Yes.
The author? No.
I have never read the first, but I can assure you the latter is at least just as interesting.
Post by
MyTie
Though I suspect it's a more British phenomenon: the PATRIOT act would never have worked here.Uhm...
this
and
this
. It's my understanding (based on my self-admittantly limited knowledge), that the UK has a significantly lower level of personal freedom than does the US.
Post by
gamerunknown
Should have skipped that and found out when he went to Spain and what principles he fought for.
Actually screw that, should have read "Homage to Catalonia" instead, lol. I hear "Burmese Days" is pretty good too, but I still haven't gotten around to reading "The Road to Wigan Pier".
Post by
baradiel
Nope :(
Might I recommend Brave New World? It's also an ultimate revolution book like 1984, but it takes the idea to a completely different model than in Orwell's book. 1984 still packs a bigger punch, mostly because of the second half, but Huxley dark sarcasm and mad foresight are also astoundingly impressive.
Or, depending on your age and stage in life, Through the Doors of Perception/Heaven and Hell.
I don't read that much anyways...
Post by
Sagramor
I don't read that much anyways...
You really should.
Post by
gamerunknown
Funny you brought up the biologist, I was just reading about
this
and
this
in Lewontin. Seems increasingly that biologists can be divided into pro and anti Malthusian lines to determine whether they advocate eugenics, Social Darwinism and Capitalism.
That said I haven't read either text fully, so I should probably reserve judgement.
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