of elephants and men, and scumbags

[juan]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:04:56 +1000
jamesd at echeque.com wrote:

> On 2018-11-21 12:39, juan wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:31:11 +0000 (UTC)
> > jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> In any case, I think that the 'convention' that we refer to "fascism" as being "right-wing" was, and is, completely phony.�
> > 
> > 	so assuming that commies and nazis and other fascists are on the left, who is on the right then?
> 
> Whosoever wants to restore civilization against the darkness is on the 
> right.


	uh oh. So let's make clear what "the right" means. As Jim B. pointed out, the left/right classification comes from the french revolution. What needs to be added is that the people who sat on "the right" of the assembly were the conservatives/monarchists/theocrats or representatives of the 'ancien regime'.


	Now, key features of fascism are close cooperation between the 'private' sector and government and nationalism-militarism, also known as imperialism. Fascists usualy believe that they are god's chosen master race and that they have a Manifest Destiny. In other words the old mercantilists from the british empire and modern day fascists like the americunts are both 'right wingers'. And actually modern day corporatists-imperialists  are simply the continuantion of 18th century imperialists. 

	
	So the question for Jim Bell remains. What political doctrines are 'right wing'?