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Old 06-05-2017, 02:08 PM   #83
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
The great political struggle today is between liberalism and authoritarianism.
I would say "authoritarian conservatism", and honestly a lot of it is flirting heavily with fascism. But apart from using slightly different words, this part I very much agree with.

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The authoritarian right and authoritarian left are mirror images of one another.
This part I don't agree with. There is no "authoritarian" left. There are people among the "liberals" who aren't really liberals and have some really regressive ideas, but they are not authoritarians in the same sense that the conservatives are.

In other words: the horseshoe theory is BS.
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