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In reply to the discussion: We the people have already lost. [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)Here, let me do the short hand version for you.
Definition of absolutism: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absolutism
1 a : a political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers
b : government by an absolute ruler or authority : despotism ]
Definition of anarchy: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anarchy
1 a : absence of government
b : a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority
c : a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government ]
The tea party believes in a smaller government, though they are very much pro military, pro law and order(functions of government). They have a very authoritarian streak running through their philosophy, thus I suspect that, much like Nazis in the Weimar Republic, they would welcome a dictator in order to force their views upon eveyrbody.
Anarchy on the other hand, is the complete absence of government, very much the opposite of a political philosophy that seeks absolute power.
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