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Sure, and I can cite just as many historical right-wing inspirations for good in this world, including most of the basic rights and political systems we have today.
Well that's what I meant via male aggression, it can be good when controlled and s**t when it is not.
What do you mean by right wing?
It is a s**t term really as is left wing. As an aside. Progressive, conservative, libertarian and authoritarian is a reasonable kind of breakdown imo. Like Tef and maybe one or two others have mentioned right and left wing is a fairly bad way to describe things. Its very one dimensional. That other thing is at least 2 dimensional and probably the basis for those political compass things that have been around for a decade or more. Then there's the difference between collectivism and individualism, which is how a lot of people define it these days..
We all see politics in various hues of those spectrums (and other things) and then usually say "I'm right/left wing/an anarchist," as if those words somehow convey a very nuanced meaning.
A bit silly and very polarising. You can be progressive in some areas conservative in others - "social liberal/libertarian economic conservative" gets bandied about by everyone from KRudd to Josh Homme. Some things are better left to individuals others work better when collectives manage them. I think certain things should be owned by the state/means oif production and distribution specifically. Things like power networks, communications networks, essential infrastructure. Don't really give a * about economic argumentsEtc etc
Yeah I kind of agree about controlled aggression - being what some males do best. There's lots of men and boys who can't control their aggression and they come from long term "stable" families. (And when everything goes to s**t maybe there's a time for uncontrolled aggro, but even that works best when you control how you do it.) There's a lot of s**t male "role models" out there.