http://punkassblog.com/2007/05/29/not-all-european-nations-are-as-tasteless-as-the-dutch/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://punkassblog.com/2007/05/29/not-all-european-nations-are-as-tasteless-as-the-dutch/#comment-41917 Amanda Marcotte Tue, 29 May 2007 22:58:32 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/05/29/not-all-european-nations-are-as-tasteless-as-the-dutch/#comment-41917 Communist Romania always struck me as a classic example of what an ideal social conservative state would look like---rampant maternal morality, orphanages overflowing with children starved physically and emotionally. Don't know if anyone else remembers Gingrich wistfully calling to take children away from mothers on welfare and cram them into orphanages. Just goes to show that you move far enough left or right, the authoritarian urge kicks in and the two are indistinguishable. Communist Romania always struck me as a classic example of what an ideal social conservative state would look like—rampant maternal morality, orphanages overflowing with children starved physically and emotionally. Don’t know if anyone else remembers Gingrich wistfully calling to take children away from mothers on welfare and cram them into orphanages. Just goes to show that you move far enough left or right, the authoritarian urge kicks in and the two are indistinguishable.

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