Back in old microblogging platform days, my pinned tweet was "Politics isn't a line. It's a circle with a dirty authoritarian bottom". Left and right politicians both end up there because they are convinced that "if people lived like I think they should it would be better"
They have also got rid of many who would have acted as a moderating influence. The consequence is that the Overton window has become narrower and much further to the right within the Labour Party.
Certainly Labour shifted right to get elected and seems firmly committed to continuing that movement, at least when it comes to asylum seekers and immigration. But the left are equally prone to reaching for the authoritarian stick.
Can you give examples of this?
Examples of leftwing governments banning things? Enforcing their own preferences over others, and against evidence? Is that a serious question?
Crickets. As expected. Centrist fuckwittery needs to be challenged.
Indulge me.
Chris, you aren't very good at politics understanding. Best sit this one out.
Meh. Couldn't agree less with this wishy washy liberal interpretation of left and right.
Horseshoe theory liberal crack
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That's why people go into politics. Authoritarianism is about means
That's a useful modification of the Horseshoe theory. If you specificy that in politics there's a tendency to authoritarianism then I can agree.
By which I mean the political class.
I think it's the political class as such, though liberals (true, rather than e.g. US insult version) specifically try to avoid it, even though as liberals we're very sure that the world would be better off if it was more liberal.
Liberals are on the same team as the fascists. Stop believing things the capitalist propaganda tells you
"Horseshoe theowy BUT DIFFEWENT! I am so clever."
Also funny, given that centrists are some of the most authoritarian motherfuckers going.
Do explain.
You haven't seen the Democrats and their support for the police state, the authoritarianism of the UK labour party, or the amount of centrists who support Israel? Guess it shouldn't be a shock, only political illiterates still believe horseshoe theory.
Thanks.