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The Economist has previously mused that the old distinction between "left" and "right" isn't as relevant any more. Instead, the extreemes on both the left and
by martincmartin 10y ago
The Economist has previously mused that the old distinction between "left" and "right" isn't as relevant any more. Instead, the extreemes on both the left and right have a lot in common, they're both "drawbridge up:" don't like free trade or open borders.
- dragonwriter 10y agoAuthoritarians associated (at least by rhetoric) with both the left (e.g., Leninist) and right (e.g., Fascist) aren't exactly new, and they look pretty similar in practice whatever the distinctions in their rhetoric. But, even so, the left and right opposition to neoliberal trade is not the same (the opponents on the left tends to favor trade, but oppose trade without common labor and environmental protections, those on the right tend to oppose both trade and labor and environmental protections.) Similarly, while almost everyone opposes "open borders" (an idea with narrow support which is mostly heard as a right-wing label for any immigration that they oppose), the left and right tend to be very far apart on what they prefer as the direction of change from status quo immigration policies.
- kmicklas 10y agoThat's classic horseshoe theory nonsense.
- rdtsc 10y agoSurely you can explain more than that