INJUSTICE: Used To Create Anger And Hate.

By David R. Young, Author of THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM: Freedom vs. Enslavement

If there is anything that gets tempers flaring and emotions burning, it is actions which are blatantly unjust. Most action movies get their emotional flare from a horrible injustice to the hero or heroine. Having been badly wronged, it’s time to kick butt. And we cheer when “justice” has finally been served.

The overwhelming emotional response to injustice can be appreciated when looked at as the major factor that brings about war.

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Dear Student of Communism

(Response to a Student of Communism Critique)

Thank you for your comments on The Political Spectrum: Freedom vs. Enslavement. Your views definitely stimulate my thoughts and give me new perspective.

It’s interesting to me that when academic individuals review my book, either from the left or the right, their biggest, perhaps unspoken criticism, is that its not complex enough. I have to confess, it’s as simple as I could possibly make it and still get the basic concept across, which was the point of my writing it. I even took the time to include a glossary for words that a young reader might not know.

My response to this complexity issue is always the same, the complexity, as you are indicating is not with the spectrum itself, but with the number of views by which each political system may be seen and used. I comment on this in the book. The solution is not to make the spectrum more complex, but to acknowledge that the workability of any political system is in its application and WHO is implementing it.

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