NSA leaker Edward Snowden 'accepts asylum in Venezuela'?

Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden 'accepts asylum in Venezuela'? by smutticus on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @12:22PM (#6013430)

Your definition of 'left' and 'right' in politics is quite simply just wrong. Both left and right can descend into state control just as easily. Fascism, for example, is a far-right ideology.

I also don't know why you think Venezuela is less democratic then many other N Hemispheric countries. But having no comparison with which to judge I don't know how corrupt a country needs to be in order to register as 'very, very corrupt' on your radar.

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Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden 'accepts asylum in Venezuela'? by bosstwizz on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @12:35PM (#6013535)

relevant: http://www.transparency.org/country#VEN

Corruption perceptions index score: 19/100 (100 = least corrupt)

World rank: 165/176

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Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden 'accepts asylum in Venezuela'? by Kurtz79 on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @12:46PM (#6013604)

To his credit, he did not say that all ideologies where heavy government presence is prominent are left-inspired.

He said that the word "leftist" implies certain characteristics, among them heavy government presence.

I struggle to think of a real-life example where this is not the case.

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Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden 'accepts asylum in Venezuela'? by lmm on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @01:14PM (#6013814)

A few anarchist communes existed in real life, at least for a while.

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