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Either way is time to sharpen your pitchforks
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Ah yes, the horseshoe theory
It only has traction because it's a gross oversimplification that appeals to those that seek simple answers to complex realities.
"The answer" isn't somewhere in between white nationalism and Universal Basic Income, for example. Centrism is a ridiculous ideology. It's honestly more of a lack of any coherent ideology at all.
The centrist ideology is "I'm above a consistent ideology - things are too complex, so I'll smugly dismiss everyone as wrong while I stand for nothing, have no discernible values, and no solutions to anything."
The alternative (and usual practical outcome), is that they're just hiding strong right-wing tendencies behind the flimsiest of veneers. I'm looking at you, Tim Pool.
Horseshoe theory: a bunch of bullshit invented by ideologically deficient people to make themselves look good while lumping in leftist reform advocates with fascists.
Sorry to hear that you won’t admit that Stalin was trying to be in the same league as Hitler.
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Please - make the case that Stalin was left wing.
I could use a chuckle, and i don't think you're capable of running the standard tankie script.
Do tell me more about this mythical horseshoe that can somehow align anarchism (a complete lack of a state) with fascism (an all-powerful state).
You see, it makes a lot more sense if you look at it as a 47-dimensional hypercube
Such a configuration would be useless as a metaphor for distant things ending up in the same place
47-dimensional hypercubes would essentially have all points touching at all times
lol, alright you win the argument