English / proverb
If You Go Far Enough Left, You Get Your Guns Back
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Political extremes converge on armed defense; extreme viewpoints circle back to valuing weapons for self-preservation
In context
01
Explaining the ideological paradox of armed community militias, the historian remarked that if you go far enough left, you get your guns back.
02
Activists organizing armed grassroots patrols noted humorously that if you go far enough left, you get your guns back for collective self-defense.
Synonyms
horseshoe theory,radical self-defense,militant convergence
Antonyms
absolute pacifism,strict disarming,nonviolent resistance
Collocations
adage that if you go far enough left,argue that if you go far enough left,paradox that if you go far enough left