Andaras Prime
30-04-2007, 10:13
Well, today at uni I was ambushed by probably the most contradicting political group I have yet to encounter, the Citizens Electoral Council, an offshoot of the Larouche Movement. They are incredibly hard to categorize, some of their policies seem to be quite left-wing, such as nationalization of the economy, while I was told by many tutors in govt at the uni that they are a racist right-wing group.
You'll probably see this looking at wiki articles or whatnot about them, it's hard to put their viewpoint in a box, albeit the women I spoke to seemed to indicate they are against left-wing environmental groups, and think global warming/Al gore theory is a hoax by (you better believe it) big business to force third world countries into devastating carbon trading systems and ruin the global economy. Now I myself can follow most political points, but I literally could not get the point being made, I read their 'newspaper' on the bus home, and it rambled on for paragraph after paragraph first linking Al Gore to some vast conspiracy and then to the Queen of England with her secret Cayman Island hedge fund conspiracy, but it had no clear point. You can read the articles here if you like:
http://www.cecaust.com.au/main.asp?sub=pubs&id=newcitizen.htm
It seems to me that they are trying to appeal to a broad base ideology, attracting left and right wing support while attacking people on both sides, she also told me that the Democrats are linked to some fascist group.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_Electoral_Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Lyndon_LaRouche
I literally have no idea whether to like them or not, they praise Labor politicians like Curtin and Chiffley, who personally for me are the greatest politicians Australian has ever produced. I actually said to the girl I admired Chiffley because he actually tried to implement a socialist policy, but she seemed to think he wasn't a socialist but a nationalist who believed in protectionism.
You'll probably see this looking at wiki articles or whatnot about them, it's hard to put their viewpoint in a box, albeit the women I spoke to seemed to indicate they are against left-wing environmental groups, and think global warming/Al gore theory is a hoax by (you better believe it) big business to force third world countries into devastating carbon trading systems and ruin the global economy. Now I myself can follow most political points, but I literally could not get the point being made, I read their 'newspaper' on the bus home, and it rambled on for paragraph after paragraph first linking Al Gore to some vast conspiracy and then to the Queen of England with her secret Cayman Island hedge fund conspiracy, but it had no clear point. You can read the articles here if you like:
http://www.cecaust.com.au/main.asp?sub=pubs&id=newcitizen.htm
It seems to me that they are trying to appeal to a broad base ideology, attracting left and right wing support while attacking people on both sides, she also told me that the Democrats are linked to some fascist group.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_Electoral_Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Lyndon_LaRouche
I literally have no idea whether to like them or not, they praise Labor politicians like Curtin and Chiffley, who personally for me are the greatest politicians Australian has ever produced. I actually said to the girl I admired Chiffley because he actually tried to implement a socialist policy, but she seemed to think he wasn't a socialist but a nationalist who believed in protectionism.