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[@Space Communist]

Also, the Pinkertons kinda sorta put down people like the Vox Populi (worker's unions).
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Yeah, going out and killing union members and strikers is kinda what the Pinkertons were known for.

[quote=@Athinar]
Well, to be fair to poor lil' horseshoe theory, there is one valid point. Everyone's political views overlap at one point or another, and that's what gets shit done in countries of today, people agreeing on the least offensive option. (And the horseshoe theory is just that; a theory. It's on paper only, it has yet to manifest; like black holes, there's some sliver of evidence they exist, yet people extrapolate from there.)

((Though black holes are infinitely cooler than political/ethical theory.))
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I agree that all political ideologies share at least one trait with another ideology (neoliberalism and conservatism, Marxism and anarchism, fascism and monarchism, etc.), but the horseshit theory uses that fact as a basis for claiming that "extreme" ideologies are closely linked, whereas centralist ideologies are not, and are therefore better. The fact that the horseshit theory is often used by centrists as a means of protecting their ideology and/or mudslinging other ideologies doesn't help it at all. What's more, the theory ignores the contextual and material conditions that lead to different ideologies arising, as well as the end goals of each. It's more of an argumentative theory than an examinative theory, and as such it is very poorly made.

Black holes, by the way, are pretty much proven by now, what with [url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/BH_LMC.png]photographic evidence of them[/url]. But I'm sure you already knew that.

[quote=@Athinar]
I think I get why most people are deeply offended by the horseshoe theory. People view their political views as the 'morally right' way of doing things, and are offended when they are associated with their 'mortal enemies' or polar opposites.
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Well, being compared to a mortal enemy is one thing. Claiming that two opposite ideologies are the same despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, and then using that as a basis to posit that one's own centrist ideology is the least evil, is just downright insulting.

[quote=@Athinar]
(Note: Me trying to be objective here, emphasis on trying. I agree with you totally, Space.
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Well thank you! It's rare to see someone being objective over sociopolitical matters. I know I'm certainly not one of those people XD

[quote=@Athinar
Even if you are a filthy pinko left-wing Marxis-) 
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How dare you say that to me. I am a [i]relatively clean[/i] pinko left-wing Marxist, thank you very much.