Political Ideologies Ideologies are idealized ways of government organization.

 The five most prominent this century are conservatism, socialism, liberalism, communism, and fascism. Ideologies can agree on some matters while violently disagreeing on others. These ideologies can be from a number of angles. For example:

 Who is in control – from dictatorship to democracy.  Philosophy – Left wing or right wing.

 Attitude to private property – from capitalist to Marxist.  Social control – from totalitarian to libertarian.

 Conservatism – democratic, right wing, capitalist, varied degree of control  Socialism – varied concentration of power, left wing, generally tends to Marxism, varied degree of control.

 Liberalism – Democratic, philosophically moderate, Capitalist, libertarian.  Communism – Democratic, left wing, Marxist, Totalitarian.

 Fascism – usually dictatorial, right wing, varied economically and Totalitarian.  ** Canadian political parties all fit these patterns. Extremist parties have little following here. 

Which ideology?

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