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To: KLP who wrote (116720)	5/28/2005 7:47:59 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) of 793954

Wonder if whoever wrote that question realized it was a communistic type question....? It's not a "communistic type question." It's a totalitarian question and directly addresses the authoritarian/libertarian axis. Communists are left totalitarians but there are right totalitarians, too. Whenever those of one POV wants to ignore other POVs, they wax nostalgic about how easy it would be to do things their way if they didn't have to bother taking into consideration those who think otherwise. The same can be seen on a personal level with anyone who is a control freak or has absolute values or just likes having everything his own way. Those behaviors can be found in any authoritarian power structure or any authoritarian personality. The notion being addressed by this question can be found within democratic systems, for example, the event we all just witnessed in the Senate. It's a control thing. That's what the question was going for, a bit ham-handledly, however.

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