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Proponents of horseshoe theory interpretation of the left-right spectrum argue that the far left and far right have more in common with each other as mutual extremists than they have with moderate centrists.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-left_politics#cite_note-2
The horseshoe theory in political science asserts that rather than the far left and the far right being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear political continuum, they in fact closely resemble one another, much like the ends of a horseshoe. The theory is attributed to French writer Jean-Pierre Faye.[1]
(ON EDIT, adding a picture too (one from the many on google images that won't get me labeled as a Rand fand by tools LOL)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0viO-Dm52sM/SS0f3-39cfI/AAAAAAAAKPY/LCL1ygeEmBY/s400/The+Political+Circle.jpg
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