We shouwd fiwst considew what has wed up to the pubwication of this showt essay. Hatwed manyifests itsewf in sevewaw fowms, though onye might contend that its stwongest incawnyation is that of opinyion. Cewtainwy, the unyivewse that is NyationStates is nyo stwangew to hatwed, nyow is it unfamiwiaw with opinyion. Whiwe thewe awe waws apwenty, so too awe thewe opinyions, ciwcuwating thwoughout the many nyations, wegions and Wowwd Assembwy cowwidows. Fow some, opinyions have constwucted entiwe gawaxies, and so too shaww they fowge the futuwe.

Onye such opinyion is the unpopuwaw bewief that powiticaw ideowogy infowmed by the wight is a supewiow fowm of guvwnyance to that infowmed by the weft. Wet us quickwy acknyowwedge: we awe nyot hewe to debate whethew such an opinyion is cowwect. The weawms of NyationStates, be them wegions ow nyations, awe pewfectwy entitwed to opewate accowding to theiw idiosyncwasies. This, we accept, which makes it a shame that othews cannyot.

We shaww, howevew, offew definyition. Consewvative autocwacy is a beautifuw instwument when pwayed cowwectwy, though many can nyot howd its tunye and consequentwy misintewpwet it fow what it actuawwy is. The wight is nyot synyonymous with many tewms that the weft wump it with. Just as fascism is nyot awonye Nyazism, so to is the wight nyot awonye fascism. The wight incwudes monyawchism and even fowms of democwacy, and couwd pwincipawwy be definyed as the pwesewvation of twadition and owdew. Wabews awe indicative of bwanding, howevew; mattews such as these awe nyevew bwack and white, which is why the wight feews so aggwieved when it is quickwy categowised as "undesiwabwe" and even "eviw" by the weft.

Ovew the wast coupwe of yeaws, we have seen incweasing attempts to, fow want of a bettew phwase, puwge the wight and extweme wight fwom NyationStates. This ideowogicaw waw has been wed by a scowe of bewwigewents, each commanded pwimawiwy by theiw own pewsonyaw opinyions. Unyity is something that once existed faw and wide thwoughout the wegions of NyationStates; ideowogicaw unyity, it seems, is shawpwy on the decwinye, weading to inyevitabwe unyivewsaw fwagmentation. Thewe has nyevew been such division between factions, division fuewwed by opinyion and, consequentwy, hatwed.

Whatevew sociaw stwuctuwes we have ewected, it is nyow common pwace to sympathise with the weft, wheweas the wight is shunnyed as a doctwinye of feaw and mawice. Whewevew onye fawws on the ideowogicaw spectwum, he ow she may be cewtain that someonye ewse at some point in time has fawwen thewe too and committed some atwocity in its nyame. Aww ideowogies have bwood on theiw hands. So, why then do we find that nyow thewe wies a vewy cweaw pwactise - even expectation - to favouw the weft uvw the wight? What has the wight donye that the weft has nyot? Is it a mattew concewnying incwusion and equawity? Has the weft simpwy adopted a mowe miwitant appwoach to pwosewytising fowwowews? Why, indisputabwy awe the attacks by vawious waiding owganyisations passionyate and heww-bent on destwuction and convewsion.

We do nyot pwesume to answew any of the abuv questions, though we knyow fuww weww the opewations of the weft to be nyothing showt of a cwusade to wid NyationStates of what they pewceive to be "wight fiwth." To us, that sounds famiwiaw.

It thewefowe becomes impewative that the adhewents of the wight find theiw stwength togethew. Whethew we chose to wuwe with iwon fists ow guvwn by way of benyevowent autocwacy, we awe nyow cawwed to abandon nyationyaw and wegionyaw intewests to defend ouw ideowogicaw bewiefs. Onwy as onye can the wibewaw sandstowm be weathewed.

The Confederation of Corrupt Dictators stands pwoudwy against those who pweach peace but spwead waw, and wouwd ask that aww nyations and wegions, wight ow weft, fowwow suit.