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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 1 Dec 2016

    (I've said this before but) Beware of ideas popular with both the far left and the far right, but not the middle.

    11:34 PM - 1 Dec 2016
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      2. AJK‏ @amyjokim 1 Dec 2016
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        for example?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 2 Dec 2016
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        Paul Graham Retweeted Paul Graham

        https://twitter.com/paulg/status/804587713018134528 …

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        Paul GrahamVerified account @paulg
        The far right and the far left agree on this much: reality is just a social construct. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-surrogate-scottie-nell-hughes-no-such-thing-as-facts-a7449541.html …
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      2. Emmett Shear‏ @eshear 2 Dec 2016
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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 @paulg

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      3. Emmett Shear‏ @eshear 2 Dec 2016
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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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      2. Petar Lalović‏ @PetarLalovic 1 Dec 2016
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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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      3. Aaron Hoffman‏ @aaron_hoffman 2 Dec 2016
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        .@PetarLalovic @paulg maybe a 2D plane?https://youtu.be/AZ9WOqJG-2s 

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      1. Mark Colwell‏ @colwellmark 2 Dec 2016
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        It's the old "bootleggers and Baptists" argument. That's how we got Prohibition.

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      1. Rob Fisher‏ @RobFisher 1 Dec 2016
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        it's not left vs right, it's up vs down

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      1. Philippe‏ @Philippeflap 1 Dec 2016
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        aka why we don't have fluoridated water here in Portland

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      1. James Benamor‏ @JamesBenamor 2 Dec 2016
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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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      2. Dan Talmon‏ @dan_talmon 2 Dec 2016
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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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      1. Scott Santens‏Verified account @scottsantens 4 Dec 2016
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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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      1. Sebastian Marshall‏ @sebastmarsh 4 Dec 2016
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        From which century?

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      1. Basil Al-Dajane‏ @baldajan 3 Dec 2016
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        but what is the middle? The US's middle is more like Canada's far right.

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      1. Berthold Gambrel‏ @BertholdGambrel 2 Dec 2016
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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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      1. JLeap‏ @J_Leap 2 Dec 2016
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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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