"the government" is us

A smiling lobbyist who later was appointed as a judge told me in the 90s that Bill Clinton got elected because the Republicans were perceived as having become too extreme, moving too far to "the right."

He said that was the same thing that happened in 1972 to George McGovern -- the Democrats were perceived as having moved too far to "the left." 

Both of these perceptions, on the part of voters, were probably wrong. 

Democrats had not moved too far to the "left" in 1972 -- but some of the more extreme types in that political wing had attached themselves to the Dem. party because it was closer to what they would have liked (or thought they wanted) than the Repub. party. 

I think it was the same thing in the nineties with the Republicans, the core of the party had not moved too far to the "right" but right-wing extremists were attaching themselves to the Repub. party because it's closer to the way they feel about things than the Democrats.

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If you are a conservative, a liberal is not your "enemy."
Your enemy, or rather, the thing you have to be concerned about, is an
extremist
in either the liberal, or the conservative, line of thought.


If you are a liberal, a conservative is not your "enemy."

Your enemy, or rather, the thing you have to be concerned about, is an
extremist
in either the conservative, or the liberal, line of thought.

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Liberalism, taken to an extreme, becomes communism.

Conservatism, taken to an extreme, becomes fascism.

Communism and fascism, coming from opposite so-called "sides" of the so-called "political spectrum," are --

THE SAME!
Both are inherently abusive systems because they are repressive and oppressive.

We have democracy to let us save ourselves
from
either extreme, left or right,

(which are the Same, once they're in the Extreme area) 
taking us over and
putting us in concentration camps
and / or
killing us.

That's why
"Democracy is the worst form of government there is,
except for all the others."

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