Australia's most highly decorated former SAS soldier, investigated for allegedly kicking a handcuffed Afghan detainee off a cliff

The Bolsheviks were also left as they wanted to create new form of government, but the Communist rule that came after looked and felt fairly similar to older fuck-the-common-people russian government so it's considerably to the right of the Bolsheviks.

Revolutions are almost exclusively left-leaning by definition. The only exception is a revolution that restores a previous form of governmental rule which would be far right or reactionary by definition (reactionary=wanting to restore precious form of government or time period). England and france both did this after previous revolution (Cromwell/Robespierre) became wildly unpopular or murdery. Nazi rule also attempted to restore an older form of government, thus far right. Ironically, Jeanne d'Arc would be far right as she worked toward the restoration of French rule of France.

Like it or not, when old forms of government go bye-bye and new ones pop up, the ones making it so are on the left while those in favor of the old ways are to the right. William the Conqueror? Left. Harald Godwinson? Right. Genghis Khan? Left. Qara Kitai? Right. Whether these men were good or evil is no bearing on where they stood politically, and they were often each a mixture.

As for Washington, he volunteered in the French and Indian war in 1752 at 21. He was first an envoy and was then promoted to officer before he'd ever had any opportunity to die on the battlefield as a common soldier. At this time of course, people avoided shooting officers out of respect as they were nobility.

The facts shape my ideology, and they're shockingly easy to find even for those without a history background. Go and seek them out next time before putting your ignorance on display.

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