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To: neolib who wrote (220189)	2/22/2005 2:20:39 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1588262

I tend to place commies in Q4 because I see them as authoritarian and status quo. The early ones like Marx & Co would be Q3, but from Stalin on, they are dominated by status quo and dead ideology. Those are conservative traits, not liberal traits. They are also traits of older vs. younger individuals in general, although that too is a broad brush. Finally, someone else agrees. Thank you. ted

To: neolib who wrote (220189)	2/22/2005 4:18:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1588262

he early ones like Marx & Co would be Q3, but from Stalin on, they are dominated by status quo and dead ideology. Almost everyone is somewhat status quo after they have had power for a long time, but the ideology behind the power was more Q3. Certainly Pol Pot was not Q4 and he was post Stalin. "Conservative" in the sense of "resisting change", does not equal the same thing as politically conservative. Otherwise you would have to call liberals "conservative" for resisting tax cuts or social security reform. To the extent that politically conservative does imply resistance to change, it is resistance to change in regards to traditions that have a long and deep history in a particuarly society. Tim