«Some political scientists have suggested a “horseshoe theory,” with the center as the rounded top of a horseshoe and the two fringes [left, right] on either end, but inclined toward one another. This image, while evocative, isn’t quite right. In the archive [of the white power movement], it looks more like a circle.»

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/fringe-left-alt-right-share-beliefs-white-power-movement/672454/