• Archangel1313
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    19 days ago

    Autocracies are not inherently “left” or “right”…they are just autocracies. Anyone of any political or economic ideology can become a dictator if they abandon democratic principles, in favor of maintaining their own power.

    Machado is a conservative, free-market Capitalist. That’s what makes her right-wing. Why else do you think the folks on Fox News love her so much?

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      19 days ago

      Left is Progress

      Right is Conservative

      Autocracies will always be a regression into our past and take us away from the path to a better future.

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        18 days ago

        What “progress” is Machado seeking? She wants the country to go back to how it was before Chavez. That makes her “regressive”. So, which hand is that, on your political spectrum?

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            18 days ago

            And? She’s going to give him her peace prize, in the hopes that he will put her in charge of the country. But, he’s already said he’s not going to.

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                18 days ago

                You also said she was a left-wing. That’s what we were talking about.

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                  17 days ago

                  She is left wing, her leading Venezuela would be progress out of the authoritarianism of Maduro’s regime.

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                    17 days ago

                    That’s not the modern definition of “left wing”. But, even if you apply that definition, she still qualifies as a conservative because she wants to return to the old system of government, that existed before Chavez. That’s not “progress”…it’s “regression”.

                    And authoritarianism, is a completely separate metric to that political classification system. Any government, regardless of whether you consider them progressive or conservative, can be authoritarian or not. You can have a perfectly functional democracy, with both progressive and conservative ideas taking part in the process. This cooperation is actually considered essential to a healthy democracy.

                    Authoritarianism is when one side or the other decides they no longer respect the will of the people, and choose to assert their agenda by force or coercion. That can just as easily be used to enforce change, as it is to prevent it.