Vladimir Putin: What Has He Done?

Originally posted by Eladar
Sounds exactly what Chamberlain types would say about Hitler before WWII.

Never mind Chamberlain, it's what the Blackshorts used to say.

The post that was quoted here has been removed

http://rt.com/news/nazis-austria-hitler-poll-052/

Over 40 per cent of Austrians believe the Hitler era wasn’t ‘all bad’, according to the latest poll conducted by the Linz Market Institute.

The survey was carried out ahead of the 75th anniversary of the country’s annexation by the Nazi Germany, the Anschluss, and included 502 people.




Fifty-seven per cent of respondents believed that "there was nothing positive about the Hitler era".




However, 61 per cent of respondents indicated that they wanted a "strong leader" at the head of Austria.




That was in fact more than in previous polls, the newspaper Der Standard reported. A similar survey in 2008 found just a fifth of Austrians could imagine having "a strong leader who does not have to worry about a parliament or elections."




Also, 54 per cent – most of them young and well-educated - were of the opinion that if there was no legislation prohibiting the neo-Nazi parties, they would succeed in elections.




Older participants in the survey strictly opposed the idea, which, according to historians, is logical.




"It's a normal process that topics are no longer considered hot after two or three generations," Oliver Rathkolb at the University of Vienna told Der Standard.




Finally, 61 per cent indicated that they thought the country’s Nazi past had been adequately dealt with, while 39 per cent disagreed with that statement.




The opinions remain similarly divided when it comes to the compensation of Nazi victims. 57 per cent of respondents thought that "the victims of this injustice or their descendants have been adequately compensated", whereas 42 per cent believed that wasn’t the case.




On March 12, 1938, Hitler’s troops entered Austria, and were welcomed by many who supported his ideology at the time. In the latest poll, 53 per cent thought the Anschluss was voluntary and 46 per cent saw Austria as a victim of the unification.




As for the present political situation in the country, right-wing nationalist parties have often triumphed in Austria, even since World War II. In January, the leader of Vienna’s Jewish Community said the number of anti-Semitic incidents reported to his office had doubled in the previous year.




The Simon Wiesenthal Center regularly grades Austria among its lowest-scoring countries in terms of prosecuting Nazi war criminals.

Originally posted by whodey
It is my conclusion that human beings naturally gravitate towards despotism.

At least, it's the Progressive way. What they want is a strong leader who will do what he has to do in order to get what he or she wants.

The ends justify the means.

At least, it's the Progressive way

You know sweet FA about what 'progressives' want. [First mistake, thinking that they all want the same thing]

There are [at least] 2 axis to the political spectrum.

Left vs Right
and
Libertarian vs Authoritarian.

Left vs Right is an economic axis between those who believe in a more planned/socialist
economy and those who believe more in free market economies.

Libertarian vs Authoritarian is a social axis, between [at the extremes] Anarchism and Totalitarianism.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2

Almost every main stream party in the UK and USA is in the Right wing Authoritarian quarter.

However there are 3 other quarters in which you will find other parties/leaders/people all with
different beliefs and agenders.

The ends justify the means

No, that's your credos.

Originally posted by whodey
It is my conclusion that human beings naturally gravitate towards despotism.

At least, it's the Progressive way. What they want is a strong leader who will do what he has to do in order to get what he or she wants.

The ends justify the means.

Sounds like Christianity to me.

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Never mind Chamberlain, it's what the Blackshorts used to say.

The Blackshorts?

Originally posted by googlefudge

At least, it's the Progressive way

You know sweet FA about what 'progressives' want. [First mistake, thinking that they all want the same thing]

There are [at least] 2 axis to the political spectrum.

Left vs Right
and
Libertarian vs Authoritarian.

Left vs Right is an economic axis between those who believe in a more planned/s ...[text shortened]... nt beliefs and agenders.

The ends justify the means

No, that's your credos.

Anarchism and Libertarianism are opposed on private property issues.

The post that was quoted here has been removed

You didn't bother to answer, or even address my questions.

Originally posted by Great King Rat
Sounds like Christianity to me.

Sounds more like Americanism to me.

Originally posted by DeepThought
The Blackshorts?

That this flies straight over the pretty little head of the wannabe noblegirlie shouldn't surprise anyone, least of all me, but you, and others who hadn't come across them, really ought to do some research if you don't know who Eulalie Soeurs were. If only because it'll provide you with some good laughs.

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
That this flies straight over the pretty little head of the wannabe noblegirlie shouldn't surprise anyone, least of all me, but you, and others who hadn't come across them, really ought to do some research if you don't know who Eulalie Soeurs were. If only because it'll provide you with some good laughs.

I see, a literary reference rather than a typo, as I'd originally assumed - although entertaining either way, which was my purpose in drawing attention to it. Your point makes rather more sense now. I'm a PG Wodehouse fan in an apathetic kind of way, but the series was on after I'd basically stopped watching television and clearly never read that particular book. Something to add to my reading list.