(07-23-2018, 12:39 PM)mikesez Wrote: The horseshoe theory is that any political views that is sufficiently different from the current political consensus is, functionally and in the short term, indistinguishable from any other extreme view.
This is because, in the short term, such extremists are focused on destroying the existing centers of power.  
Anyone  willing to resort to violence, like assassination, to change our political system can fall in this category.

(07-23-2018, 12:54 PM)copycat Wrote: The Horse Shoe Theory from my understanding is that the further either side gets away from the center the more they resemble each other.