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Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:43 pm
by CMA

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:52 pm
by  ҉ 
Chile hasn't been a dictatorship for decades now. You have no cause for alarm.

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:32 am
by hyperlite
Their helmets and black uniforms though, makes them look like nazis.

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:57 am
by cats
Well Iran is the Republic.
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Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:04 am
by Iv121
Oh cmon they dont even know how to march as you can clearly see here ...

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:44 am
by Ivan2006
hyperlite wrote:Their helmets and black uniforms though, makes them look like *.
If they were the 4th Reich, they'd have brown uniforms.
But honestly, a lot of NAZIs live in South American exile AFAIK (of course not the original ones, they are dead, but their descendants, often still with the same world view, are quite common there).
I don't know about Chile, but I know Argentina is quite a hot spot for right-wing extremists.

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:39 am
by hyperlite
Right wing extremists would be anarchists, what are you saying.

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:53 am
by Iv121
Not at all, I dunno what you read about the Third Reich but from my history lessons they were well oiled and organized machine perfectly subordinate to their leader.

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:01 am
by Tau
hyperlite wrote:Right wing extremists would be anarchists, what are you saying.
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Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:41 am
by Ivan2006
hyperlite wrote:Right wing extremists would be anarchists, what are you saying.
You are making the mistake of going into the wrong direction.

Left-wing is Socialism, AKA "everyone is equal", so left-wing extremists say "Everyone is equal and if someone thinks they can get any benefit, which would disrupt equality, they shall be purged!".
Right-wing on the other hand is Nationalism, AKA "Hey, I am cool, because I'm from _____", so right wing extremists say: "We are superior! Submit to our superior rule or pay the price for not obeying the superiority!"

Both extremes basically need a dictatorship to function long-term in a human society.

I personally prefer 'political maps' with two coordinates (left-right and freedom-order) over the 'traditional' gauge with just left and right.

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:56 am
by Error
I use the 3D political grid. Left right as normal, up and down for freedom-totalitarian, and fore-aft for capitalist-communist.

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:59 am
by Ivan2006
Good point, after all, political freedom and economic freedom aren't the same...

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:15 pm
by cats
I prefer the four-dimensional grid that implements the Time Lord/Mobius axis.

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:22 pm
by Ivan2006
catsonmeth wrote:Time Lord/Mobius axis
Mobius as in 'Sonic the Hedgehog'-mobius or something else?

Re: Today I learned that Chile is the 4th Reich.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:34 pm
by Saravanth
Spoiler:
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