that is an easy answer, and certainly true, to an extent.... But, in reality, there are major differences between the left and right...

I call it old time wrestling. They pretend to kill one another in the ring and after all get drunk and celebrate how good it is to live the lives of kings and queens.

@rogue Bloody oath mate.....that's exactly the way it happens...its all smoke and mirrors - these days I refer to it as " political theater " - for the masses.

@Raphio To be honest mate, I'm not too sure about that - I think of it this way:

One side wants to fuck you over using a combination of Socialism, communism and left wing ideology to the point where we are broke, powerless, and under complete control of those that " rule " - the OTHER side wants to achieve the SAME goal - but THEY use big business to erode our independence which will ALSO send us broke and have us powerless - and ( yet again ) under the complete control of those that " rule ".
The only difference I can see is the " methods " used - the goal is the same......

To put the global population in a position where they are disarmed, financially broken, and in such social disarray regulated , manipulated and controlled to the degree where " personal freedom " is a thing of the past, and we are reduced to nothing more than slaves.

Please allow me to expand on, and qualify my point by showing how ALL sides of the political spectrum have bipartisan approaches to particular legislation because its in BOTH sides best interests.

Take the issue of " privacy ". - Regardless of their political differences - ALL sides have adopted the same stance on this matter - using unjustified rhetoric to achieve the same goal. which is the LOSS of your right to privacy.

This can range from " the outlawing of encryption systems WITHOUT Government access( or back-door access ) to such systems nation wide.

THE OFFICIAL REASON: - " As your government, it is our DUTY OF CARE to prevent the expansion of terrorist activities to keep the population " safe " - in other words, its for YOUR benefit.

The " REAL " reason - simply look at the history of the 5th of November speech. ( remember, remember the 5th of November - the gunpowder, the treason, the plot ( etc )....in actual fact, those in power learned a great lesson from the plot to overthrow governments by its people so ( as was the case with government spies or in THAT particular case a government spy foiled the attempt and those responsible were dealt with. ( [history.com] )

However these days, its Technology that is doing the work by giving governments the ability to use that technology as an early warning system to head off and snuff out any such future attempt.

The other end of the scale that is commonly used are the casual statements -

( there IS NO privacy anymore - they already KNOW everything your doing. ) or ( if your not doing anything wrong - then you have nothing to worry about ) or even ( if you fight for your right to privacy, then you must be doing something illegal. )

The last being the case? - then next time you have sex, then remember to take down the curtains in your front bedroom, or have your bathroom or toilet converted to glass walls and surrounds....

( this is obviously a silly statement to make right ? ) - because NONE of theses things are indeed " illegal "....yet they are still matters of " privacy " - and no rational person, government or corporation would need to know such things....However, it may interest you to know ......No less than FACEBOOK analytics know when women are having their period. Sounds bizarre right? ...well its not.

As reported in The Telegraph

[telegraph.co.uk]

So while the " outward methods may appear totally different in their projected ideologies - the truth is they ALL ( through many and varied techniques ) are aiming for the same goal. ALL of them are of the " Fabian Society " persuasion - they are ALL Effectively " Wolves in sheep's clothing ".

@ROGAN I'm dead center, this way I can watch both sides to see who has the best ideas. The way it is now it really makes no difference because there ALL the same, take and take more. I been passing around the idea in Canada for years now about each province would elect only the people from their own province and the runners have to be Canadian born, lawyers need not apply!! A country as big as ours a central government doesn't function well at all. ...........

It was on purpose. Both ends socialist.

Yeah the way the spectrum was described to me in my socialist indoctrination (university) classes was that the spectrum is a circle with communism and fascism right next to each other at the top of the circle and socialism opposite at the bottom. I now do not agree with this method. I still think it’s a circle, but socialism is synonymous to communism. Socialism is the term communists use to misguide the public into believing they will provide for them without corruption. But it will always corrupt.

@Ehague
Communism and Fascism are both forms of socialism. Their similarities include totalitarianism and a centrally planned economy. This makes them entirely incompatible in the same area. Not opposites,
the similarities make them mutually exclusive not their differences. The differences are that communism is international in scope, it achieves the totalitarian goal through revolution and it incites the underclass or victim class to revolt. Fascism supports the ruling class and eliminates or dehumanizes any defined victim class. It is nationalist in scope. It is more evolutionary in its rise to power.

The "creeping" form of Socialism is perhaps more insidious as it slowly centralizes power but it has the same ends and will achieve the total state if not recognized. Every country, including the US, have adopted some socialist principles, socialized medicine, public education, central banking, a graduated income tax. All socialist concepts.

The circle political spectrum does not, in my view make it easier to understand political positioning. Obama was a Democrat, denied he was a socialist but wished to implement socialist policies, the redistribution of wealth, healthcare, and equality of outcome. We can see that would increase the scope and power of government. In a circle spectrum he would be at Democrat which is not traditionally socialist. On a left/right total government to no government scale we could easily see he was more a socialist than a democrat. As he moved the party left. Maybe Democrats thought that the party should move to being more socialist but moving toward totalitarian governments is not an American ideal.

Essentially, communism, fascism, socialism all forms of dictatorial, totalitarian governments. It is only obvious they would despise each other as they all desire control and power but they are not opposites nor are they the same.

Well we see it happening before our eyes, the push to a one world order is great. In Canada we have the most corrupt leader in the modern world sense I don't no when. We hope he gets the boot soon so maybe, maybe we can pull us out the this rut. Our population is that of California and are loosing ground to these muslims coming in and getting money over hand and fist. The liberals won't tell us the truth about how much this will cost the Canadian people. Judging by the damage they have done to 4 star hotels I'm thinking our kids and theirs will be paying for.................

@rogue haha! I love your meme!
Hillary needs to be part of that Trudeau takedown as well.