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Get used to the idea: the movements we call "far-right" and "far left" are more similar than different

And that's not incidental.

@SamAdlerBell In other words, the jews are the only ones worthy to rule the planet. Great idea, (((Applebaum))).

@anneapplebaum @Bart_Wielinski Yep, he dared to think about universal health care and education. Shame on him.

@welniany and murdered at least 73k people @anneapplebaum

@Bart_Wielinski @anneapplebaum Really? Improbable count.

@welniany you mean too low? @anneapplebaum

@Bart_Wielinski @anneapplebaum In my book Castro was a brave revolutionary who dared to throw a gauntlet at the corrupt Batista regime.

@anneapplebaum And ignoramuses like you, Who conflate the left with the fascist right, have columns in major US newspapers

@anneapplebaum Castro who helped end apartheid in South Africa is the same as these right wing racist populists. You are beyond ignorant!

@anneapplebaum Castro was a tyrant not a populist who ignored human rights & subverted the rule of law. Let's not conflate the two.

@allanholloway @anneapplebaum Also a populist as was Mussolini inter MANY alia. Populism not ineluctably evil or even *entirely* bad but

@allanholloway @anneapplebaum more often than not, especially when taken to excess-as it often is, more or less pernicious.

@HumphreyBohun @anneapplebaum Even the Founding Fathers were suspicious of a purely democratic settlement when framing US Constitution

@allanholloway @HumphreyBohun @anneapplebaum Yes, they fell for the "only property owners have a real stake in future of Republic" fallacy.

@bradmoreso @HumphreyBohun @anneapplebaum The Constitutional Convention established at Washington's request after the Shays' Rebellion.