why are Canadian military aircraft flying in international waters off the coast of China?

You mean, why are planes flying in international airspace?

Maybe grow up a bit, China. You’re behaving like a toddler.

Totally agree.

Again. Labels are bad. We should call them out for what they are - anti-democratic.

While they don’t get the same support, because they are so extreme, they get the most attention … in the press, in social media, in the general zeitgeist. They hover above all conversations and pollute downstream goal and choices.

I think it’s only once it gains mindset and traction does the forcers of Democracy kick into gear; the trick is to move democracy forward quickly before traction becomes entrenchment (like the Supreme Court).

Libertarianism, IMHO, has always been a sheeps-clothing for Authoritarianism. All it does is break it down to “the wants of the individual overriding society”, but winking & knowing full well it only works when individuals collect and work as a group. Libertarianism === Authoritarianism.

I’d say theory has been refined in practice.

Edit: And this is why I don’t like labels. You think you know what I said because I wanted to define your label.

Horseshoe Theory has many critics. I personally don’t think of it as elitism in the center and popularism at the ends. That’s not true - neither end is Popularist. These extremes just oppose whatever the democratic status quo is. They want extreme solutions and anyone who tries to moderate is labeled Elitist or Capitulant…both labels deny that most of us live in the center, trying to balance one sides wants with the other.

I reiterate: Labels are a bad idea.

Certainly not “ha-ha” funny

I’ve learned not to lean into labels - the right seems to be as dangerous to democracy as the far left, as they seem to now embrace the tactics of what we used to consider “leftie” or communism. They want to maintain control and don’t care how they get it.

Oh wow. So like, extreme right wing and the fucking Republicans. Fuck all those people.

Okay, I’m clearly ignorant. What’s a “tankie”?