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Are the far-left and far-right merging together? That’s what the ‘horseshoe theory’ of politics says, but it’s wrong

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One crucial critique [politicalresearch.org] of the horseshoe concept is that it lumps together popular movements that fight The use of violence, intimidation, surveillance, and discrimination, particularly by the state and/or its civilian allies, to control populations or particular sections of a population. Learn more and A power orientation that functions to maintain the relative power of some of the population, generally organized around race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or wealth. Learn more with those that reinforce it.”

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