A NOTE ON POLITICS  

LEFT                                                                                                                                                                                      RIGHT  

Extreme Left	Moderate Left	Center	Moderate Right	Extreme Right
Anarchists   Bolshevik wing of the Russian Socialist Party	Socialists/ Social-Democrats	Liberals	Conservatives	Reactionaries
Radical Change Overthrow all existing states Abolish Capitalism Violence if necessary   Overthrow the state!   Seize power!   Use the state to push the revolution!	Gradual Change Democratize states   Reform capitalism Politics, not violence   Advance individual rights by taking social justice into account   Use the democratic process to push reforms	Change here/ don’t change there   Defend capitalism (with some reforms)   Focus on individual rights:  Liberty! Equality!  Fraternity!     Avoid using the state   But … maybe the state can be used for reform	Don’t’ Change much; the way things are is pretty good   Defend Tradition     Authority! Hierarchy! Obedience!   Justify class privilege (God’s will? Nature’s way?)   Oppose democracy (chaotic; inefficient)	Don’t change anything – or even – go backward in time!   Use violence to advocate conservative agenda:   Authority (anti-Democracy) Hierarchy (some are better than others) Obedience (instant obedience is morally right)   Increasing stress on RACE (some are better than others; some are naturally inferior; the superior should rule)   Anti-Semitism
Bakuhnin (Anarachist)   Lenin (Bolshevik)	Bernstein	Mill Hobhouse Spencer	Bismarck Disraeli	H. S. Chamberlain C. Rhodes

 

 

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