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Are the far-left and far-right merging together? That’s what the ‘horseshoe theory’ of politics says, but it’s wrong

  • Written by Shannon Brincat, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the Sunshine Coast
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When most of us think about politics, we think of different views as sitting on a spectrum. Left wing is at one end, right wing at the other. We all, therefore, sit somewhere on this straight line in the way we view the world.

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