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To: tejek who wrote (145233)	4/17/2002 12:34:59 AM
From: AK2004	Respond to of 1574055

Ted re: A communistic gov't normally falls on the left but under Stalin, Russia was to the right. try not mix "right" with "totalitarian"

To: tejek who wrote (145233)	4/17/2002 10:52:05 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1574055

I think Stalin was like Lenin except for a bit more extreme and inflexible and paranoid. I don't think extreme, inflexible or paranoid has anything to do with left or right. I would tend to call those who go for totalitarian control over the economy "left", and those who allow a free market "right". Of course dictators on the right usually don't allow totally free markets because they want to get special benefits for themselves and their cronies but they don't have an ideological commitment to the government controlling the economy. In this sense Stalin was more to the left then Lenin because Lenin experimented with a little bit of capitalism when some of the communist "reforms" where failing. Stalin imposed communism with ruthless force on almost every aspect of the economy. Actually since dictators of the left and right are often more like each other then they are like the more moderate or mainstream liberals and conservatives it could be argued that using left and right to describe dictators is inaccurate, and that the whole single line political continuum breaks down. Tim

To: tejek who wrote (145233)	4/19/2002 12:00:13 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574055

Ted, Well, Tim, let me confuse the issue some more.......Lenin was probably left, Stalin right, Castro is left and the old Shah of Iran was right......so is the current Ayatollah. Israel's system of gov't is left but Sharon is right. To define the differences is difficult... Let me help. Your definition is right = bad, left = good. Therefore, dictatorships to whom you left wingers have some sentimental attachments are left (=good) the ones you hate or feel dissappointed in are right (=bad). Now run through your list on top of this post. <g> Joe