Continuing the discussion from An interview with Jordan Peterson, who believes in witches and dragons :
Also, as the horseshoe theory relies on the mainstream left-right political spectrum, it runs the risk of over-simplifying political ideologies. One leading argument against a linear political spectrum is that it appears to have no place for ideologies which are less authoritarian than the political center, and as such, there exist alternative systems to delineate political ideologies, such as the Political Compass, the Nolan chart, and assorted surveys and quizzes with even more detailed analyses. For European parties, there exists a three-way system of free-loving vs. authoritarian, left economic vs. right economic, and pro-EU v anti-EU, which allows for eight quadrants — and there are parties at all quadrants. Furthermore, our conceptions of left-wing and right-wing, with “liberal capitalism” being the political center, are largely derived from a modern, Western take of politics. In countries such as China, for instance, the political center is dominated by reformist Communists, while in Russia the center is defined by Vladimir Putin’s brand of nationalist politics. Likewise, extremists themselves tend to have their own warped versions of the horseshoe theory, seeing extremists on the other side as having more in common with (if not mere tools of) the political mainstream than with them, and condemning them both. The definition between “mainstream” and “extremist” depends on perspective and background. During the Cold War, centrist liberal politicians in the United States and Europe also had histories of propping up and colluding with far right governments in order to stop the rise of socialist ones
It gets really confusing when trying to chart religiosity and views on gender.
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hecep
May 21, 2018, 7:02pm
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Confusion is what politicians and their lobbyist/controllers bank on. The tools are divisiveness, social engineering, deception, defamation, and manipulation of information. How else do you get a plurality to help keep you in money and power?
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system
June 20, 2018, 7:03pm
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