Talk:Radicalism

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Where is the article on radicalism as a current tendency in U.S. politics (rather than a historical current in Britain), as an extreme form of liberalism (in the U.S. sense), necessarily left-wing (rather than right-wing) but not necessarily socialist? (Probably the main national group for this today is the Green Party, although radicalism is more general than that; in fact, probably most radicals are Democrats, even though that party is moderate on average.)

As in this political spectrum for U.S. politics, taught to me (13–14 years ago) in (U.S. public high school) government class:

Radical —— Liberal —— Moderate —— Conservative —— Reactionary

—Toby Bartels 04:27, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

You don't seem to have Libertarianism (or Libertarian socialism) on your list, and of course from our perspective the US goes from right wing to extreme right wing radical right! I've tried to expand it a bit, don't forget the tendency to mislabel opponents has devalued terms like radical and liberal.. dave souza, talk 07:20, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Right; the class presented this spectrum as insufficient for libertarianism (and also talked about the Nolan Chart in that context). As for libertarian socialism, it was not discussed at all (ironically, since I now identify as such myself). —Toby Bartels 21:30, 20 September 2006 (UTC)