Does right-wing populism have some traditional left-wing ideas?

Like (qualified) opposition to the free-market, anti-establishment tendency and anti-war. This always seemed strange to me how neo-con people could seemingly change their ideology over a few years.

I'm interested in the responses from both left and right. I'll be polite to all those who do likewise. :-)

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SW-User

A lot of anarcho-capitalists tend to become anarcho-communists. Though i welcome them, im weirded out by how easily they leave their right-wing ideas and come to embrace even feminism. Things are returning back to the 30's ._.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@SW-User It also true that a lot of libertarians have become nationalists. Richard Spencer, Paul Joseph Watson and Lauren Southern to name just three. That is what I am getting at. I'm interested in the how and why people change their political ideologies.

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@Burnley123 you need to remember that Libertarian means a different thing in the UK than the US. US Libertarians are far closer to "classical liberals" than to European Libertarians (basically, US Libertarians are "fuck the poor as long as I got weed and guns").

SW-User

@basilfawlty89 oh shit dat tru

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@basilfawlty89 I am using 'libertarian' in the American sense, just for simplicity sake. You are utterly correct in your understanding of classic definitions though and I agree with you.

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@Burnley123 we need to take back Libertarian, it used to mean Anarcho-Communists when DeJacque coined it. Then that asshole Murray Rothbard stole it from us.

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@basilfawlty89 Seconded. THAT WAS OUR WORD.

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@basilfawlty89 Also if we want to talk about a bunch of people with utopian meaningless idealistic politics look no further than right libertarians and ancaps. Ugh.