Trump supporters with painted faces and retired “citizens of the Reich” are allegedly threatening our democracy. The real threat, however, doesn't arise from the people, but rather from the state.
> Of course, the terms “conservative” or “right-wing” have been conflated with terms like “radical right-wing”, “right-wing populist” and “right-wing extremist”: Everything to the right of the left is now right-wing extremist.
That's because they've moved so far to the left that those of us who haven't moved look extremely far to the right from their point of view. The best way to verify that is to look at what the Left and the Right used to say not that long ago, compared to what they're saying now. Our positions have remained essentially the same; they've gone beyond what Leftists not that long ago used to universally condemn as "left-wing extremist" territory, and are trying to redefine that point as "the Center."
> Of course, the terms “conservative” or “right-wing” have been conflated with terms like “radical right-wing”, “right-wing populist” and “right-wing extremist”: Everything to the right of the left is now right-wing extremist.
That's because they've moved so far to the left that those of us who haven't moved look extremely far to the right from their point of view. The best way to verify that is to look at what the Left and the Right used to say not that long ago, compared to what they're saying now. Our positions have remained essentially the same; they've gone beyond what Leftists not that long ago used to universally condemn as "left-wing extremist" territory, and are trying to redefine that point as "the Center."
https://robertfrank.substack.com/p/were-not-the-ones-whove-moved