Which form of extremism do you dislike more: extreme conservatism or extreme liberalism?
(The answer is: extreme liberalism.)
Which is worse?
Which form of extremism do you dislike more: extreme conservatism or extreme liberalism?
(The answer is: extreme liberalism.)
Extreme conservatism. If only because I hate tradition, and I AM an extreme liberal.
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Both, equally.
Both are horrible ways to run a country.
Extreme conservatism, aka fascism. I don't know any example of a country being run by extreme liberalism, but an excess of liberty can't be that bad.
To do is to be. (Sokrates)
To be is to do. (Sartre)
Do be do be do. (Sinatra)
Anything done to an extreme is gonna be problematic in some way.
I think they're both basically the same, when brought to the extreme.
When fighting monsters, be wary not to become one yourself... when gazing into the abyss, bear in mind that the abyss also gazes into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Extreme liberalism is anarchy. Extreme conservatism is facism. Neither one lasts for long. Anarchy lasts until the guy with the biggest gun decides he wants to run things, and facism lasts until the people revolt. One leads to the other in a viscious cycle. Both are wrong in their own way.
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Extreme conservatism. Extreme liberalism is more fun.
OK...guess my anwser.
Anyway, the concept of "extreme" is put by the people who call themselves "moderates". To me, it's just different ways of ruling a country, different political theories. I don't even like the idea of "right wing" and "left wing", it just helps more to classify people and alienate language. For example, if I say I am a communist, people may think I like Stalin. Well, Stalin said he was a communist. But wait, Trotsky was a communist too..and weren't their opinions oposed? And Marx probably did not agree with Trotsky or Lenin in many things, nor with Fidel. Yet, they are all quite different, but they are all communists?
Apply the same to Hitler, Mussolini and Franco. OK, communism is a better example because Stalin and Trotsky are quite oposed, but I do not believe Hitler's politics to be the same as Franco's. Franco was a dickhead, but he did not wish to exterminate a whole race.
Is your concept of extreme left and extreme right applied to ideal cases or to cases in practice? In practice, the results are quite different, with extreme right we got Franco and Hitler, and while both held things in common, they are very different. With far left, well, can you see the differences between Fidel, Lenin, Stalin, Azaña, Allende and Trotsky? All of them are considered "extreme left". If for extreme left you mean Stalin, then I can't decide, because I find Stalin to be as filthy as Hitler.
Does far right contemplate Louis XVI absolutism? Does far left include Plato's Republic, wich was an inspiration on marxist socialism?
And in case of theory? In case of theory I prefer "extreme" left, of course. In case of practice? I guess it depends on the results.
I hate both, but if I had to choose I'd pick extreme conservatism.
Extreme conservatism. I've never heard of extreme liberalism in action, but I can't imagine it'd be worse than the extreme conservative leaders. At least governments wouldn't kill half the population... extreme liberals would let the people do that for themselves.
I hate both of them. Ultra conservatives are facists, they're obsessed with tradition, treat women and children like garbage, they're only love their own country and their own culture; and hate all others, they think every one else is evil besides them, and they twist the truth and are decievers. Ultra liberals are sometimes anarchists, they're hate-filled pacifists who want to kill anybody that are willing to fight, they hate religion of ANY kind (except anything that has mysticism in it), they're obsessed with saving animals more than people, they think animals have higher rights than humans, and they love to shove their vegitarian beliefs down meat-eaters throats.
Though I strongly disagree with what liberals stand for, to be honest, I can't stand both ultra conservatives AND ultra liberals. I don't do evil (BTW, NOT calling all liberals evil).
Both are bad, but if I were to choose, extreme liberalism, because then nothing will be in order and I actually like when things are in order as oppose to "Free for all" crap that anarchy tends to be.
Apparently, I have been declared banished.
Both!
Extreme neutralism is bad as well. Never having an opinion or doing anything.
As others have said, both are equally as bad. Depending on what side you are on politically, the left or right, the other side will always look worse.
Take care all.
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