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Mao And Pol Pot Were Both On The Alt Right!

The alt-right, or alternative right, is a loosely-connected and somewhat ill-defined[1] grouping of white supremacists/white nationalists, neo-Nazis, neo-fascists, neo-Confederates, Holocaust deniers, and other far-right[2][3][4] fringe hate groups.[5][6]

Alt-right beliefs have been described as isolationist, protectionist, antisemitic and white supremacist,[7][8][9] frequently overlapping with neo-Nazism,[10][11][12][13] identitarianism,[14] nativism and Islamophobia,[15][16][17][18][19] antifeminism, misogyny and homophobia,[10][20][21][22][13] right-wing populism[23][24] and the neoreactionary movement.[7][25] The concept has further been associated with several groups such as American nationalists, paleoconservatives, anarcho-capitalists, national-anarchists,[26] paleolibertarians, Christian fundamentalists, neo-monarchists, men's rights advocates and the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.[15][24][25][27][28][14]

According to a Southern Poverty Law Center report published in February 2018, over 100 people have been killed and injured in 13 attacks by alt-right influenced perpetrators since 2014. Political scientists and leaders have argued it should be classified as a terrorist or extremist movement.

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BurritoLunch(6566)
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Like Amarel and Brontoraptor, Mao was a big fan of gun rights!!

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" (Mao)

Also, he loved American democracy!!

"Democracy is practiced within the ranks of the people, who enjoy the rights of freedom of speech, assembly, association and so on." (Mao)

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Amarel(5669) Disputed
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Fuller quote for some context:

"Every Communist must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun'. Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party."

In that speech, Mao said "According to the Marxist theory of the state, the army is the chief component of state power. Whoever wants to seize and retain state power must have a strong army." and "it is only by the power of the gun that the working class and the labouring masses can defeat the armed bourgeoisie and landlords".

Of course, that latter quote wouldn't be true if you disarmed the bourgeoisie and landlords. Just as Hitler made it easier for his master race to own guns, he made it harder for Jews to.

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brontoraptor(28599) Disputed
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Actually your quote suggests he wanted guns to impose his will, and history says he disarmed the population to get that power.

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