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There is an alternative explanation for the observations of "horseshoe" theory. One of the examples often given by that theory is how both far-right and far-lef
by kkoncevicius 6y ago
There is an alternative explanation for the observations of "horseshoe" theory. One of the examples often given by that theory is how both far-right and far-left is more authoritarian compared with mainstream. To me the better model would be viewing the current political paradigm as being extreme about individual freedoms.
In other words - when you are at the south pole every direction is north. This tells us more about where we currently are, and not about the similarity of those other directions.
- p2t2p 6y agoI know that we don't like her here but Ayn Rand had another explanation to that which seems plausible as well - that both are extreme manifestations of the same concept - collectivism. As someone else notices above, both Far Right and Far Left have quite a bit of disregard to personal freedoms so Ayn Rand may be onto something here...