Posted by Martin Read on June 24, 1999 at 08:12:22:
In Reply to: re:On the other hand, I'm not sure that Vance is a real right-winger.... posted by Nick Edwards on June 24, 1999 at 04:18:20:
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: On the other hand, I'm not sure that Vance is a real right-winger. The Connatic aside, he's no fan of dictators. Perhaps he's something of a Jeffersonian Democrat.
: you think that right-wing means u believe in despotism?
: surely some mistake here?
: I am right wing, i consider the freedom of the individual to be paramount.
In Vance's work those individuals with the most freedom of action are also those who do the most evil. Freedom without responsibility or conscience is the hallmark of the "Demon Prince."
I am a liberal, I consider the duties of the individual to his fellow man and society in general to be paramount.