Some global issues have prompted partnerships between seemingly strange bedfellows at opposite ends of the political spectrum. The ‘horseshoe theory’ tries to make sense of this, but what’s it about?
Ultimately, a single axis system is completely inadequate to describe anyone’s political position.
But for a single left/right, left is communism/socialism/“state capitalism”, right is unfettered capitalism. In the “middle” is regulated capitalism with some welfare.
Ultimately, a single axis system is completely inadequate to describe anyone’s political position.
But for a single left/right, left is communism/socialism/“state capitalism”, right is unfettered capitalism. In the “middle” is regulated capitalism with some welfare.
Of course, that’s all relative to who’s speaking.