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		rhizome on Feb 27, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GCHQ intercepted webcam images of millions of Yaho... Just to be clear, there is a such thing as leftist authoritarianism, and that its effects can also be cast as a kind of social conservatism.

sitkack on Feb 27, 2014 | [–]

As a leftist off of the numberline in Seattle, I can corroborate that thought terminating groupthink is alive and well across the social spectrum.

w_t_payne on Feb 27, 2014 | | [–]

Sorry ... I didn't mean to imply that right = authoritarian. Leftist authoritarianism clearly also exists.

collyw on Feb 27, 2014 | [–]

This site has some nice information on it...

http://www.politicalcompass.org/ukparties2010

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