• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    Horseshoe theory is just a holdout from the liberal notion of “3 pillars,” Fascism, Communism, and Liberalism, as a way to justify Liberalism within the West. It doesn’t actually make any sense and just leads to obfuscation of critical differences.

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      Sure there will be more political positions than just three. I just think that some people (not all) on the far-left seem to have authoritarian and/or intolerant views, which some people on the far-right also have.

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        What counts as “authoritarian?” I’d argue Liberals are quicker to support systems I would consider authoritarian than Leftists are. What views are they intolerant of? I think taking a firmer stance against fascism than Liberals do historically is a good thing, so I want to know an example you think is bad to be intolerant of that makes that an issue towards Leftists for you.