APUSH. Hamilton vs Jefferson.

coolg49964
Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:25:11 +0000

Exactly! You answered your own argument there.

The FLAW with the 1789 French Assembly Left/Right scale is that it doesn’t take into account the authoritative/libertarian perspective, and you have groupings like Ghandi, Walt Brown, and Stalin in the same region.

Even more troublingly, what is left and what is right in MODERN Russia? Do the Stalinists fit on the left, because they are communists, or on the right, because they are so conservative/authoritarian at the same time? Do Russian reformers go on the left, as they are inherently liberal, or on the right, because they ARE trying to move Russia to a freer-market stance? Weren’t FDR and Stalin both technically to the left of other major figures of the day? The only way to contrast these seemingly diametrically opposed leaders is by comparing the “authoritarian-ness” of each leader. The only accurate way to plot politicians is with two axes. The X-axis, for example, measures left/right position and the Y-axis measures the fasco/anarchist scale. In this case, FDR and Stalin would both fit on the left, but one high and the other low on the Y axis…