At the very least, I think it would be useful to write a long explanation about what went wrong in my thinking and why I would be unlikely to veer back into far-right politics, racism, and/or conspiratorial thinking. It seems much more serious than being either far-left or a hardcore libertarian.
But you feel no such need to explain away your lefty views, which imo could be just as intellectually barren as your casual linking of far right thinking, racism and conspiracists. you just ad hominem-ed a whole swath of humanity without even deigning to deal with any substance. ItтАЩs so black and white zero sum. As a reader, itтАЩs not very interesting to read someone who just hand waves away every idea they think is not correct. At least tell us why. Muh racism doesnтАЩt do it.
It looks like you think being far-right is far worse than being far-left. For me is the other way around.
That's because I think communist crimes are far worse than what nazis did and they happened to more people in more societies over a far greater period of time. Far-left crimes are also still happening and will probably continue for a long time while fascism is not a credible threat (despite media hysteria) since 1945. Notably far left crimes were not committed only by marxist regimes but also by guerillas and terrorists.
This is the point our dear author misses because itтАЩs just so very very obvious to him. Why? Because an aura of romanticism and do-goodery still clings to communism, despite the historical record. But I also disagree with you. Fascism is far from dead. Our current system of corporate-government collusion - which the WEFers would like to make global - resembles fascism far more than communism, although they both have in common faith in centralized control.
Would you have much to apologise for if you had flirted with far-right politics in your teens?
At the very least, I think it would be useful to write a long explanation about what went wrong in my thinking and why I would be unlikely to veer back into far-right politics, racism, and/or conspiratorial thinking. It seems much more serious than being either far-left or a hardcore libertarian.
But you feel no such need to explain away your lefty views, which imo could be just as intellectually barren as your casual linking of far right thinking, racism and conspiracists. you just ad hominem-ed a whole swath of humanity without even deigning to deal with any substance. ItтАЩs so black and white zero sum. As a reader, itтАЩs not very interesting to read someone who just hand waves away every idea they think is not correct. At least tell us why. Muh racism doesnтАЩt do it.
It looks like you think being far-right is far worse than being far-left. For me is the other way around.
That's because I think communist crimes are far worse than what nazis did and they happened to more people in more societies over a far greater period of time. Far-left crimes are also still happening and will probably continue for a long time while fascism is not a credible threat (despite media hysteria) since 1945. Notably far left crimes were not committed only by marxist regimes but also by guerillas and terrorists.
This is the point our dear author misses because itтАЩs just so very very obvious to him. Why? Because an aura of romanticism and do-goodery still clings to communism, despite the historical record. But I also disagree with you. Fascism is far from dead. Our current system of corporate-government collusion - which the WEFers would like to make global - resembles fascism far more than communism, although they both have in common faith in centralized control.