Right/Left debate

Submitted by Laurel VanWilligen (United States), Nov 22, 2002 at 18:17

It probably matters much less whether one is correct to call Nazi Germany "Right-Wing" or "Left-Wing", than that one recognizes that Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Communist Soviet Union all had much more in common than they had differences: subjugation of the individual to the Volk, masses, or the state.

It is only in the United States, the freest country to date on this earth, that an attempt was made by the Founding Fathers to ensure the rights of an individual over any group larger, by giving us the Constitution.

Long may she reign.

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