[lbo-talk] Political Taxonomy (Islam and Muslims (was Doug and Islam))

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Mar 16 12:20:55 PDT 2007


On Mar 16, 2007, at 3:12 PM, Dmytri Kleiner wrote:


> There is an egalitarian "right," i.e. anarcho-capitalism, and as well
> anti-egalitarian "left," i.e. the "vangardism" of Stalinism (so-called
> "marxism-leninism"), Trotskyism, Maoism, etc.

Anarcho-capitalism is prepared to accept vast differences in income and wealth, as long as they're the outcome of truly free competition. Vanguardists accept secretive and inegalitarian methods in the short- term as essential to achieving long-term egalitarian goals, though that short-term has a way of extending itself into decades should they actually achieve state power.

Doug



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