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  • I think the Conservatives will be pleasently surprised by what they encounter - and ironically the shadow team's policies that I've seen are far more left wing than any of the knee jerk authoritarism we've come to know and hate from Number 10.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • Why, as a leftist, will I handle the right to the state of being the only handler of arms, when that state is clearly in league with big buisness and spouses authoritarism and represion against many vulnerable sectors of society poor people, black people, women, etc…?

    In reply to a reply by J.H. Huebert and Walter Block 2008

  • At least the left has some more recognizable traces of anti authoritarism in its ideology, even if they favor the existence of the state.

    In reply to a reply by J.H. Huebert and Walter Block 2008

  • At least the left has some more recognizable traces of anti authoritarism in its ideology, even if they favor the existence of the state.

    In reply to a reply by J.H. Huebert and Walter Block 2008

  • You actually think here we do not distinguish between the “new left” and many of the movement originated in the west, that were far less inclined or directly and vehemently opposed to authoritarism and the old communist fossilised left of european comunist nations?

    In reply to a reply by J.H. Huebert and Walter Block 2008

  • On the other side you love to downplay the dangers of the authoritarism on the right.

    In reply to a reply by J.H. Huebert and Walter Block 2008

  • Perhaps the most important thing, as Diehl noticed, is the growing willingness of other South American leaders to take on Chávez's authoritarism publicly.

    Douglas Farah 2010

  • Perhaps the most important thing, as Diehl noticed, is the growing willingness of other South American leaders to take on Chávez's authoritarism publicly.

    Douglas Farah 2010

  • Perhaps the most important thing, as Diehl noticed, is the growing willingness of other South American leaders to take on Chávez's authoritarism publicly.

    Douglas Farah 2010

  • Only time can tell when the accumulated arrogance, smug narcissism and authoritarism will spell out another word: hubris.

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

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