To answer the repeated question of why I find Persuasion so frustrating, and so emblematic of this whole world of right-wing publications that for whatever reason brand as centrist, here you go - an essay that literally has the conclusion "leftists and fascists are the same."

If you think I'm wrong, PUBLISH AN ESSAY BY A FRENCH FAR LEFTIST THAT EXPRESSES AS UNRESERVEDLY PRO-LEFT SENTIMENT AS THE ANTI-LEFT SENTIMENT IN THIS PIECE.