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Related, in SF this year the Green party and GOP (far left, right in sf) were more often than not united in opposition to centrists
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Slight exaggeration (<50% co-voting), but not by much. Shocking how often the two ends of the spectrum meet.http://hoodline.com/election
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the political system of ideas is more of a circle than a left-right axis. Illiberal far left & right positions resemble each other.
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It's the old "bootleggers and Baptists" argument. That's how we got Prohibition.
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it's not left vs right, it's up vs down
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aka why we don't have fluoridated water here in Portland
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the one idea that unites the far left and far right is that economics is a zero-sum game. For 'their' people to win somebody must lose.”
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far right & far left A psychological state Not political statement Sanders followers switched to Trump quantum leap? No,Never moved
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Perhaps the fact that the far left & far right are agreeing on things but not the middle, points directly to a political realignment?
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From which century?
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but what is the middle? The US's middle is more like Canada's far right.
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I've said this before, but the whole left/middle/right spectrum concept is false and useless.https://ruinedchapel.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/my-view-of-american-politics-part-5-a-diagram/ …
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... and the fringes have the most energy to lead their reform, initially. E.g., campaign finance, tax loopholes
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