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What about horseshoe theory?

• rbanffy 5y ago
  Nazism is far-right and authoritarian. Socialism is just far-left, but not necessarily authoritarian. Soviet-style socialism was very authoritarian and that's why it got its bad reputation. And you can be authoritarian and not even be on the left-right axis - Saudi Arabia is an example, as is Afghanistan now.
  • beaconstudios 5y ago
    Both of those countries are theocratic and extremely socially conservative, which places them on the far right.
    • rbanffy 5y ago
      Maybe, but they don't have really free markets either. In this regard, North Korea is more of an absolutist monarchy than any previously known form of socialism.