Tuberville failed to mention that he’s personally prevented hundreds of officers from being promoted because he disagrees with a 2022 Pentagon policy.

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    11 months ago

    Because we currently have two right-wing parties and no left-wing parties that are competitive.

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      11 months ago

      That depends how you define left and right wing, which is not really something that has entirely agreed upon definitions.

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        Lol, according to whom? They’ve been clearly defined for decades. Political scientists don’t like it as it’s a two dimensional axis that lacks the ability to more accurately describe political views, but there’s no question on what it means.

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          That’s not entirely true. The definition of left and right wing generally isn’t followed when actually applied. My personal way of defining it, is that most people consider left-wing = socialism, so imo the more socialist it is the more left it is, the more free market it is the further right it is.

          Oxford says this for right wing:

          the section of a political party or system that advocates free enterprise and private ownership, and typically favours socially traditional ideas; the conservative group or section.

          So, how exactly, is Nazism far-right? They did not advocate free enterprise at all. Same with fascists that are corporatist. Yet, people like Richard Spencer are called far-right, because they’re racist? That makes a term like far-right a pejorative and not actually describing an ideology.