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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2021-10-02 12:00 pm
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[personal profile] nancylebov 2021-10-02 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
Left-wing authoritarianism: One more trait I expect they have in problem-- difficulty telling the difference between a prediction and a current truth.

[personal profile] anna_wing 2021-10-02 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)


Eric Hoffer ("The True Believer") identified the fundamentals of the fanatic type in 1951, and found that the extremes of right and left are the same poison in different bottles. I believe it is now popularly referred to as "the horseshoe theory". Having come across both sorts both in person and on-line, I agree with him.

So far, the front-line treatment in these parts has been, for the few who can afford it, anti-coagulants, antibiotics and oxygen, and tocizilumab for the very few who can afford that. A new antiviral that works reasonably well would be nice, but I remember SARS and Tamiflu, so I think I'll wait a bit before rejoicing too much over molnupiravir.
Edited 2021-10-02 13:10 (UTC)
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[personal profile] calimac 2021-10-02 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't take a conspiracy to cover up child abuse for people who have promised to get back to you real soon to never get back to you.
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[personal profile] naath 2021-10-02 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
the barbie dress history is so cool; and yes, the Victorians had just invented industrial dyes and would have been all over that yellow.
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[personal profile] marahmarie 2021-10-03 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that note is hilarious. Also: hope the guy lives. That's a lot, even if he does.
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[personal profile] agoodwinsmith 2021-10-03 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't want the motion photos to stop.
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[personal profile] cellio 2021-10-03 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)

Left-wing authoritarians certainly exist (and have a fair bit of power) in the US. They call themselves liberal but violate one of the fundamental tenets of liberalism, true diversity (of thought and culture, not of demographics). Their one-true-way-ism is as scary as that from the extreme right. The only consolation is that the authoritarian leftists "only" seek to destroy people's careers and lives, while the authoritarian rightists seek to actually kill people.

One of my teachers oft said that the political spectrum isn't linear but circular: eventually the fascists at both "ends" meet. The things they want to impose are very different, but their methods aren't as different as we'd like them to be.

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