Marxist Leninist: "Obama was a Fascist" Left Libertarian: "Obama was a Neoliberal" Democratic Socialist: "Obama was Center Right" Liberal: "Obama was Center Left" Libertarians, the AltRight, Nick Land: "Obama was a Leftist" This is a general framework of Western politics.
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Which side is DemSoc closer to? Is it to the Left or Right of Fascism in this scheme? Are contemporary Nordic-Socialist model countries more left or right than now than they were under Hitler? I'm just interested in how you square this- I understand the conceit.
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that's a very idiosyncratic definition of left and right and you know it, fascism doesn't oppose the "natural" hierarchy implicitly endorsed in old liberalism (that would be a step to its left), it just affirms collective political violence as its legitimate expression
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It calls itself the goddamn third position. How idiosyncratic can it be? ...
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I'm sympathetic to this R=capitalism, L=politico-immune response, but I can't help suspecting that MM's account of L-R, as the demotic-oligarchic axis internal to the democratic movement, better explains popular L-R intuitions, 20th C history, and Progressivism. Why is he wrong?pic.twitter.com/kkWSEemJue
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It's where I find Moldbug least convincing (unsurprisingly). I don't even see the argument.
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Imagine still believing in a left-right dichotomy (especially for someone as old as this boomer^)
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>confusing fascism with elements of other totalitarian governments >defending fascism this much You really are a joke lmao
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