I know many people who've flipped from hard left to hard right, and a few who went R-->L, but I know nobody who's flipped twice: RLR or LRL
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Replying to @zem42
Not for people within the 3-sigma limits of hard right/hard left. Those in the 3-6 sigma range recognize and transcend horseshoe. So...kinda
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Replying to @vgr
now i'm imagining people very near the centre on the left/right axis, but way near the top on the extremist/whateverist axis
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Replying to @zem42
Authoritarian to libertarian is the traditional orthogonality
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Replying to @vgr
it's not the same thing, though; it's the need to believe in whatever you believe in to an extreme degree
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Replying to @zem42
That's my point. Traditional left right is for foxes. Hedgehogs eventually find and embrace either authoritarianism or libertarianism.
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Replying to @vgr
do you see libertarians as a branch of the left? i've always felt they had way more in common with the right
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libertarians are pretty damn authoritarian when it comes to the rights of *individuals* with "organic" power to push people without around
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Replying to @zem42
Hmm. That seems to stretch the definition of authoritarian. I prefer to limit to people who actually like bossing slavish crowds around.
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The Libertarian thing is more this kind of hypocrisyhttp://www.goodreads.com/quotes/361132-the-law-in-its-majestic-equality-forbids-rich-and-poor …
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