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Friendly reminder that the horseshoe theory is fascist propaganda that has been debunked by several studies (and common sense)
This is why I think the far left is ridiculous. It’s a lot of the same things as fascism like “hey you can’t own anything since the state (the elite/the dictator) owns everything”
-17 upvote, 82 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "This is why I think the far left is ridiculous. It’s a lot of the same things as fascism like “hey you can’t own anything since the state (the elite/the dictator)  owns everything”"
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Anonymous 23h

I could find you citation of scientists “debunking” the Big Bang Theory and Evolution too. You’re just plain wrong that horseshoe theory is debunked. It may not be the accepted consensus, but it’s nowhere near debunked as you say

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Anonymous 1d

Name the studies

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Anonymous 1d

Can you explain why the right and some of the left both agree on an individual’s right to bear arms while liberals want DC v Heller overturned?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Alain Van Heil did one in 2011 look it up!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Because no group of people is a monolith? What😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

And why both the right and some fringe factions on the left both believe that immigration should be restricted to avoid giving employers too much power over workers and minimizing the bargaining power of workers?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

“The left” and you mean the Democratic Party lmfaoooo

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

No, I’m actually talking about the Danish Social Democrats and the BSW in Germany

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

…which are still centrist movements and describe themselves as such-

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Because both of those groups are more libertarian and tend to want more rights. There are also authoritarians on both sides who want to restrict gun rights or take them away entirely.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

They absolutely do not describe themselves as such. BSW is split from Die Linke. Literally “The Left”

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

Hmmm almost like they agree on some things in some respect…

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Is it an oversimplification? Absolutely. But is it “fascist propaganda”? No. It was specifically used to describe some of the alliances and agreements between the Nazis and the KPD (of course, the Nazis’ agreements with the SPD are worth mentioning)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Oh yea?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Oh yea.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

And?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

That’s not how they described themselves. That’s how political scientists describe them. They describe themselves as social democrats who support the “class struggle” (but only for white people)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Unless you use a different definition of centrism, they have never described themselves as centrists. No one has described them as such.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

More rights? Both of them agree on limiting free speech, but for different reasons

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Authoritarians on both sides sure do, meanwhile there are libertarians on both sides who are opposed to limiting free speech. Almost like boiling politics down to left vs right is a massive oversimplification.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

That’s wild because even entry level leftist theory characterizes “social democracy” as a centrist movement that is counterintuitive to leftism, which means you’re again mistaking centrists for leftists. Maybe you should look into the fishhook theory

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

I did say this was an oversimplification, but got downvoted for saying so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

I never even downvoted you what😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Advocating for the fishhook theory but believing the horseshoe theory shouldn’t be taken at least somewhat seriously is certainly a take…both are huge oversimplifications but are useful to consider in some respects

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Wasn’t talking to you…

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Ironic

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

in what way?

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 23h

Last name

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 23h

Me when I cope to be an L centrist and a bootlicker

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 23h

Me when I claim something is a fact to reinforce my worldview with no regard to truth

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 23h

Did your little ego get hurt being on the bottom? Here, you can be on top big man

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 22h

Oh you sound crazy😹

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22h

It checks out that the most basic and easy to understand sentences you’d struggle to compute

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 22h

???

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 20h

Dawg dick rides either side so hard

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