I think Doyle is too much of a free spirit to follow something as hidebound as socialism. Eep - think we're at cross-purposes here! I completely agree with you, and I'd never call Doyle "A Socialist", I was originally using the word to mean "left-leaning" I suppose - because "left" can mean so many different things these days. Is the current Labour party "left"? No, it so isn't! Is it more left than the Tories? (Hah, well, debatable!) Perhaps... But I think Doyle has more of an tendency towards "socialist" ideals than towards "right-wing" ideals. Mind you, it's never black and white, is it, and he does work for what most socialists would call a crypto-fascist governmental agency! (Don't pick me up on "crypto-fascist", I just think it sounds good! *waves to Red Dwarf*)
I always think of ideology more as the study of ideas and doctrines than ideals! Bugger, that'll teach me to post during first coffee - I was thinking of Doyle's ideal-ism of course... *headdesk*
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Re: Major Spoiler alert
Date: 2007-07-22 11:57 am (UTC)Eep - think we're at cross-purposes here! I completely agree with you, and I'd never call Doyle "A Socialist", I was originally using the word to mean "left-leaning" I suppose - because "left" can mean so many different things these days. Is the current Labour party "left"? No, it so isn't! Is it more left than the Tories? (Hah, well, debatable!) Perhaps... But I think Doyle has more of an tendency towards "socialist" ideals than towards "right-wing" ideals. Mind you, it's never black and white, is it, and he does work for what most socialists would call a crypto-fascist governmental agency! (Don't pick me up on "crypto-fascist", I just think it sounds good! *waves to Red Dwarf*)
I always think of ideology more as the study of ideas and doctrines than ideals!
Bugger, that'll teach me to post during first coffee - I was thinking of Doyle's ideal-ism of course... *headdesk*