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The horizontal orientation* implies a dynamic effect which may merge into its opposite at the extreme: in political terms, it is often remarked how the extreme of Left and Right have a great deal in common. The point** about Communism spreading Revolution Eastwards (i.e. from the West) but Tyranny (and Conquest) Westwards (i.e. from the East)*** was made off-the-cuff but seems quite plausible at first sight: but of course, unless we take the Pacific Ocean as marking the ends of the World, eventually Revolution spreading from the West would meet with tyranny spreading from the East. There they might merge – as in recent China? – or clash – as in South-east Asia?

Taking this further back, it is interesting that the history of Europe does basically appear to have been one of successive waves of Conquest moving Westwards out of Central Asia – whereas the movement Eastwards [out of Asia] into the Americas seems likely to have been more peaceful. The movement Eastwards of Revolution can be traced back out of the West via Moscow, Germany (Marx)****, and the French Revolution#, to the American War of Independence.

It does not seem possible to trace it back even further, unless to the Eastwards resistance of the Indians to yet another manifestation of Westward Conquest; the intellectual roots of the American War of Independence are generally felt (I believe) to be in Britain and Europe. European Conquest was, by this time, of course, spreading in all directions across the Globe; however, it is the Western conquests to the Americas that seem to have stuck, whereas the Eastern conquests to Asia have been (in political terms) abandoned; Africa has an uncertain status (ref. French Equatorial Africa) and Australia is, as always, an anomaly.

*[See last previous entries.]

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Somewhere much earlier I have already discussed this or something like it? i.e. that Civil Wars are generally North-South but Conquests are generally East-West. [Not quite – see [Redbook2:329][19840330:0130]{War Directions}[30^th March 1984].]

***And contrariwise is it correct to say that on Inner Circle, Revelation (Religion) spreads generally Westwards (but cf. Islam?) and Science spreads generally Eastwards??? These are terrible generalisations. <870710> [& Eurocentric? <20160609>]

********[& England, of course. <20160711>]

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