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Re:What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922) by rbanffy on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:11PM (#29831072)
Nazism is far-right and authoritarian. Socialism is just far-left, but not necessarily authoritarian. Soviet-style socialism was very authoritarian and that's why it got its bad reputation. And you can be authoritarian and not even be on the left-right axis - Saudi Arabia is an example, as is Afghanistan now.
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Re:What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922) by beaconstudios on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:44PM (#29831582)
Both of those countries are theocratic and extremely socially conservative, which places them on the far right.
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Re:What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922) by rbanffy on Thursday January 06, 2022 @08:04PM (#29833234)
Maybe, but they don't have really free markets either. In this regard, North Korea is more of an absolutist monarchy than any previously known form of socialism.
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