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originally posted by: shadowmyst
I'm always hearing that both parties are really one in the same, but is there any real truth to the argument?
originally posted by: shadowmyst
I'm always hearing that both parties are really one in the same, but is there any real truth to the argument?
originally posted by: xuenchen
The higher the levels, the more similarities.
Federal Level = 60%-75%
State = 35%-50%
Local County and City = 10%
The big differences are in the lower levels of government.
The big cities are a clear example.
Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is a personality and ideological variable studied in political, social, and personality psychology. Right-wing authoritarians are people who have a high degree of willingness to submit to authorities they perceive as established and legitimate, who adhere to societal conventions and norms, and who are hostile and punitive in their attitudes towards people who don't adhere to them. They value uniformity and are in favour of using group authority, including coercion, to achieve it.[1]
Right-wing authoritarians want society and social interactions structured in ways that increase uniformity and minimize diversity. In order to achieve that, they tend to be in favour of social control, coercion, and the use of group authority to place constraints on the behaviours of people such as political dissidents and ethnic minorities. These constraints might include restrictions on immigration, limits on free speech and association and laws regulating moral behaviour. It is the willingness to support or take action that leads to increased social uniformity that makes right-wing authoritarianism more than just a personal distaste for difference. Right-wing authoritarianism is characterized by obedience to authority, moral absolutism, racial and ethnic prejudice, and intolerance and punitiveness towards dissidents and deviants
originally posted by: sheepslayer247
a reply to: xuenchen
We have been over this many times. Authoritarianism is not exclusive to Leftist ideologies. In fact, we can see that it is Right-Wing authortarianism that drives a big part of the republican/"conservative agenda these days.
Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is a personality and ideological variable studied in political, social, and personality psychology. Right-wing authoritarians are people who have a high degree of willingness to submit to authorities they perceive as established and legitimate, who adhere to societal conventions and norms, and who are hostile and punitive in their attitudes towards people who don't adhere to them. They value uniformity and are in favour of using group authority, including coercion, to achieve it.[1]
Right-wing authoritarians want society and social interactions structured in ways that increase uniformity and minimize diversity. In order to achieve that, they tend to be in favour of social control, coercion, and the use of group authority to place constraints on the behaviours of people such as political dissidents and ethnic minorities. These constraints might include restrictions on immigration, limits on free speech and association and laws regulating moral behaviour. It is the willingness to support or take action that leads to increased social uniformity that makes right-wing authoritarianism more than just a personal distaste for difference. Right-wing authoritarianism is characterized by obedience to authority, moral absolutism, racial and ethnic prejudice, and intolerance and punitiveness towards dissidents and deviants
Sound familiar? Immigration, gay marriage, legislating morality? That is what the right-wing has become.
In giving us the example of authoritarianism, you have highlighted the major difference between the two parties. The democrats cater to big money and special interests, making them practically worthless. The Right does it as well, but they also wish to use the power of government to "sterilize" the country in to being only what they wish it to be.
That....is the difference between the two parties.
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originally posted by: sheepslayer247
a reply to: seeker1963
Yes, I believe it is a huge difference in the overall mindset of the people within the party and the approach they take towards issues.
I think the Democrats are wrong on many, if not most, issues but I do not see the same sort of extremism within the party as I do the Right.
Not only does the Right want to win elections and have control of the government, they also want to push their social agenda that, in the end, stifles individual liberties of those that do not necessarily live the same lifestyles or believe in the same things.
The Democrats push social agendas, but they tend to fall on the pro-liberty side. The Right wing just wants to tell us what we cannot do.