Paul,

And only 10% of Russians were communists, the majority weren't even socialists.

HI SM,

Yes, and I'm hoping that a similar situation exists - and has existed for decades - in China: that the great majority keep their heads down, some join the ruling thuggery, but most, in their hearts, plot and plan for what to do after the Great Thuggery is over, OR how to get the hell out of the country, to some decent, vaguely democratic place where they can be left alone.

Strange that LEGO hasn't mention Schindler, or the special place in Israel where hundreds (or thousands?) of such people are honoured. But then, Schindler saved Jews, didn't he ?

Joe

I have already answered that, Paul1408. I believe in democracy, but from my point of view it is the left at this point in time who are the most ardent fans of totalitarianism. They are using Tammany Hall politics to undermine democracy using immigration to import their voters. Here in Australia it is the left who are doing their utmost to prevent free speech using 18C to curry favour with their imported electorate and with the minorities they claim to be the protectors of. Even what I am writing right now could see me hauled up before a Human Rights and Equal Opportunities star chamber and be prosecuted for speaking the truth. Just like those university students from the University if Queensland who got kicked out of that "aboriginal only" study room and who pointed out online that having such a race specific only room was racist. The UQ should have had a sign over the door saying "nyet blancs".

In the USA I see an elected president who, like Labor's Gough Whitlam before him, was prevented from governing by a howling mob who tried every dirty trick in the book to have him sacked, and is now doing the utmost to prevent him for standing for office again. The same mob of leftard morons who encouraged BLM and Cancel Culture to riot and burn now pretend that they are the upholders of law and order, when the people who's President they did everything in their power to sack returned the complement and did to the US Congress what they had been encouraging their own supporters to do.

Back on topic. The principle I am trying to impart into your impervious brain is that if you claim it is utterly wrong for me to negatively stereotype and entire group of people (Muslims) because of their shared belief system, then exactly the same principle applies to you and Nazis. You can not have it one way, your way. The principle must apply to all groups of people, even the ones you don't like. To do otherwise is called "hypocrisy."

LEGO,
Well said apart from suggesting the Goaf could have actually managed.

Hi LEGO,

Sometimes its unwise to label people because of their political opinions, particularly left and right, but that's seems to be what is commonly used to describe a person politically. Was Hitler extreme right and Stalin extreme left, or were they both simply a couple of extremists with more in common than what set them apart.

In the Australian context, all representatives in federal parliament today are moderates, I include the minor parties like One Nation in that category. Why I say that is because as far as I am aware all want to work within the established political order to effect change from within. Okay, some like One Nation might have a more radical view in certain areas, such as immigration, but they don't seek to establish a new political order to effect that chance. They are happy to try and effect change through the ballot box.

In the case of our old mate Hitler, he made it abundantly clear his aim was to obtain power through the overthrow of the established order. The fact he obtained it, sort of, through the democratic process was more or less good luck on his part. Once obtaining power Hitler set about removing the established old political order, and imposing his own new order of Nazism.

When you say "I believe in democracy" that's a very broad brush, so did the East Germans, they even had it in their name 'The German Democratic Republic' gee, can't get more democratic than that. Some in a one party state believe they are being democratic. The logic is the party philosophy is the only true system of government, so there is no need for any alternate system. The people can vote democratically for various candidates, all party members, whose only difference is the emphasis they place on the implementation of the party philosophy, vote for the party moderates or the hard liners.

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The USA is a one party state, similar to the above, all political opinion is within the confines of Capitalism. The one party is divided into the moderates, broadly the Democrats, and the hard liners, mostly Republicans. What binds the Democrats and the Republicans together is far grater than what sets them apart.

All I can say about Trump is he lost office for no other reason than he was a bad President, one of the worse ever, all the conspiracy theories are bunk. As for a 'Aboriginal only room' I'll agree its a racists concept.