- False equivalence between left and right extremism is highlighted, with right extremism involving violence and left extremism being trivial (e.g., moving zines).
- Horseshoe theory is rejected, emphasizing substantive life-and-death disagreements between left and right, not just cultural signifiers.
- Centrism's pathology is mistaking identity markers for politics, focusing on replacing ruling class demographics rather than abolishing the ruling class.
- Corey Robin's definition: conservatism believes some are born to rule, and elevating the ruled leads to disaster.
- Wilhoit's law: conservatism has in-groups protected by law but unbound, and out-groups bound but unprotected.
- Steven Brust's definition: left prioritizes human rights over property rights, viewing property as a tool for human rights.
- Leftists support property rights as a means to ends like health care, shelter, and food, not as ends themselves.
- Paradigm shift: left's paradigm sees property as tool for human rights; right's paradigm sees property rights as the only human right.
- Post-political movements misunderstand politics as cultural signifiers rather than fundamental choices about rule or freedom.