Nationalistic Pundits are equating liberalism to either socialism or communism. Both misguided assumptions being wholly, utterly, and completely false.
Communism is a repressive government that controls its citizens very well and freedom of speech, a rather liberal right, is non existent.
Communism and Hitlerism are/were far right, non-liberal, and controlling. Every aspect of a person’s life is/was under a very large microscope. Socialism was non-existent in both types of governments based upon the far right ideological minority rule.
To be fair and balanced both communism and Nazi Germany claimed to be socialist. Does these mean that North Korea, which calls itself the Democratic People’s Republic, are really good guys? They state they are democratic and isn’t that what our government wants to spread around the world? Ah, we play the semantics game again. .
To achieve balance, there must be equally voiced opposing party’s to prevent tyranny from creeping into a nation’s life blood. If we tip to either extreme, we are ruined forever.
Our nation has successfully invoked liberalism throughout our history – the freeing of our slaves is probably the most evident of these truths. WPA during the great depression gave people jobs, income, and helped make the United States a better place to be is another example. We have social security and public education. We have unemployment insurance.
The revolutions in Russia, Korea, Viet Nam, and Cuba were brought about by the will of the people to over throw one government on the promises of a better life and in reality brought much harsher and very radically conservative governments about in their approach to national issues. Anyone who criticized the government was labeled counter revolutionary and shot.
The rise of Adolph Hitler was through the democratic process and with it came a very conservatively intense nationalistic dream. Anyone who disagreed was labeled an enemy of the state and the application of the Nuremberg Laws proved that, as well as a one way trip to Dauchau.
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