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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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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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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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That's my point. Traditional left right is for foxes. Hedgehogs eventually find and embrace either authoritarianism or libertarianism.
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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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Yup. Left libertarianism is incoherent/wishful thinking unless you assume sufficient material prosperity. At which point leftism is moot.
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i'm curious now; have you ever seen a libertarian oppose basic income on the grounds that everyone would sit around and not work?
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