do you believe in the horseshoe theory?
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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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That's my point. Traditional left right is for foxes. Hedgehogs eventually find and embrace either authoritarianism or libertarianism.
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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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No I think that's more of a regular conservative trope? I think libertarians are largely fine with idleness
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See this re hypocrisy of libertarianism being functionally similar to authoritarianism

