• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    Right wing politics is ultimately about concentrating power in the hands of the aristocracy of the day or distracting the public whilst the former goal is furthered.

    These goals are to the detriment of modern society and should be wholly resisted. The goals of modern society are to create the rising tide to lift all ships.

    There is zero value in the right wing school of thought beyond the warning to not pursue it we all got ~80 years ago.

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      Right wing politics is ultimately about concentrating power in the hands of the aristocracy

      Disagree. It’s about enriching the self. It’s about stonewalling or reversing social power.

      It results in aristocracy but poor right wingers are not driven by that goal.

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        It’s about enriching the self. It’s about stonewalling or reversing social power.

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        The difference is how much one is able to “enrich” their self, is determined by how much they’re willing to crush others to elevate themselves. The ultimate conclusion is concentrated power.

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      That’s like saying everything left is bad because look at how the Sovjets ended up

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        The soviets were authoritarians…

        Ones with a terrible human rights record.

        Like, even if you ignore everything except a left/right economic scale, their wealth inequality was insane. Most people had the same: nothing. And a few people had almost everything of value in the country.

        That’s not communism, that’s an oligarchy. The only further right on an economic scale would be a single person owning everything.