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Claim checks
Ten equations that circulate constantly, taken seriously enough to be tested. Each gives the strongest case its defenders actually make, the strongest case against, and then what the coordinates show — which in several cases is that the claim is right about one axis and wrong about the map.
Were the Nazis socialists? The claim, measuredIs the mainstream centre-left communist? The claim, measuredIs the populist right fascism? The claim, measuredIs Sweden socialist? The claim, measuredIs China communist or capitalist? The claim, measuredAre the far left and far right the same? Horseshoe theory, measuredIs nationalism right wing? The claim, measuredIs neoliberalism far right? The claim, measuredIs Milei a fascist? Are libertarians the hard right? MeasuredIs Peronism left wing or right wing? The claim, measuredIs fascism left wing or right wing? The claim, measuredWas the USSR socialist or state capitalist? The claim, measuredIs the US Democratic Party socialist? The claim, measuredIs the Republican Party fascist? The claim, measuredIs libertarianism right wing? The claim, measuredIs anarchism left wing? The claim, measuredIs Russia fascist? The claim, measuredIs Modi a fascist? Is the BJP fascist? The claim, measuredIs Hungary still a democracy? The claim, measuredIs Singapore a dictatorship? The claim, measuredIs North Korea communist? The claim, measuredWas the New Deal socialism? The claim, measuredWas Franco a fascist? The claim, measuredWas Pinochet a fascist or a neoliberal? The claim, measuredIs the EU undemocratic? The claim, measuredIs Islamism left wing or right wing? The claim, measuredIs Iran a democracy or a theocracy? The claim, measuredIs Vietnam still communist? The claim, measuredIs Hindutva fascism? The claim, measuredIs Bukele a dictator? The claim, measuredIs the AfD neo-Nazi? The claim, measuredIs Reform UK far right? The claim, measuredIs Sinn Féin the IRA? The claim, measuredIs the SNP nationalist like Le Pen? The claim, measuredWas apartheid socialist? The claim, measuredIs the Catholic Church left wing or right wing? The claim, measuredWere the Jacobins totalitarian? The claim, measuredIs Maoism the same as Marxism? The claim, measuredIs China a dictatorship? The claim, measuredWas Gandhi a socialist? The claim, measuredAre the Greens anti-capitalist? The claim, measuredIs the ANC communist? The claim, measuredIs Bolsonaro a fascist? The claim, measuredIs Erdoğan a dictator? The claim, measuredIs Cuba a dictatorship? The claim, measuredWas colonialism liberal? The claim, measuredDoes the Kerala model prove socialism works? The claim, measuredDoes democracy work in Africa? The claim, measuredWas Zionism socialist or nationalist? The claim, measuredIs technocracy anti-democratic? The claim, measuredWas the French Revolution left wing? The claim, measured