Does anyone know of any examples of politicians swinging hard in the opposite direction?
I just learned today that Hitler was a lefty in his early days. True story.
He was always anti-Semitic though. That wasn’t unusual for the times however.
Someone describing themselves as a tree hugging progressive railing against supporting society’s most vulnerable can go and fuck themselves with a fishing rod though.
You’d be looking at some early 20th century interpretations of leftism though, which is an important nuance. Lenin was a member of the Russian Social Democrats, but most people probably wouldn’t attribute his legacy to Social Democracy.
I just learned today that Hitler was a lefty in his early days. True story.
He was always anti-Semitic though. That wasn’t unusual for the times however.
Someone describing themselves as a tree hugging progressive railing against supporting society’s most vulnerable can go and fuck themselves with a fishing rod though.
You’d be looking at some early 20th century interpretations of leftism though, which is an important nuance. Lenin was a member of the Russian Social Democrats, but most people probably wouldn’t attribute his legacy to Social Democracy.
Yeah very true. It all has to be viewed through the ol’ historic lens.
Mussolini too, hence “Benito’s earlier work”. Not sure it makes much of difference considering the end result.