Maybe you've heard of the horseshoe theory, which was coined, I think back in the dark ages by a wise man who realized that all of his podcasts were starting to sound the same.

And the idea is that at the extreme ends of the spectrum, the right and the left are pretty much indistinguishable.

That's the idea of the horseshoe.

And under this theory, whether they're on the right of the left, political activists, quote, have a tendency to see politics in unambiguous terms,

distrust authorities and elites, and have intense hostility towards those who hold other views.

Now, whatever you make of the theory itself, there's no question that the left and the right

are now finding a lot more common ground than usual. And that's notable because,

as they've openly admitted many times, the left is committed to the destruction of Western civilization

and the rule of law. I mean, you'd think it would be very difficult for anyone to find agreement

with these people. But increasingly, that's not the case. Communists have found very unlikely allies in the

conservative movement on a handful of issues, on an increasing number of issues. First, of course,

there was the AI data center debate, which we've discussed before. On both the right and the left,

there's a consensus that these data centers are going to poison the water, prevent anyone from sleeping, usher in the apocalypse, and take everybody's job, among other things.

And while there are very real issues with data centers, which we've talked about,

the debate surrounding the issue has become a complete mess, to send it into hysteria.

Now, whenever there's a bipartisan

consensus, that's the typical result. People tend to work themselves into hysterics when they're

in echo chamber because they just keep ratcheting up the paranoia and the panic. The end result is

that nobody can have a serious discussion. Anyone who tries to provide a dissenting opinion

gets shouted down. And ultimately, perversely, that works for the benefit of the bad guys or alleged

bad guys. If you're running a data center and you want to do something nefarious with it,

it's very good news if all your critics start sounding like lunatics. People who sound crazy are easy to discredit and dismiss.

...