Roman Empire = right wing : Greek States = left wing ?

[zippert]

Hi @ all,

 

a thought came into my mind some weeks ago.

 

the antique roman empire is in many ways like, what we percieve as (extreme) right wing today, and the antique Greece is like left wing

 

Roman Empire:

warfare state => foreign livestock, no taxes, except in emergencies, for roman citizens

free market for citizens

the strong position of the president (emperor); weak parliament;

sucessful entrepreneurs get into politics (senators)

right wingers have adapted roman culture, i.e. architecture, military organisation ( i.e.contractors)

 

Greek States:

domestic livestock => farmers have to pay taxes to the cities

free market only very limited

left wingers have adapted greek culture (i.e. concept of democratic socialism, fixed place for everyone etc.)

 

What are you thinking on that? Do you agree?

[LanceD]

I know less about how the Greek government actually functioned then the Roman republic. However this seems to make some sense.

 

Also the United States being Center Right totally agrees with your idea. We are mostly the Roman Empire with a growing bit of Greek stuff going on lol.