Answers I got to the question "What form of political or religious extremism do you find most appealing?" (online)
Thank you, @DrFritzS, for the idea!
These were all gathered online from friends and acquaintances. If I manage to keep it in mind, I will also ask this question to people I meet IRL and come back with a new list.
Note: I don't actually think Bernie is comparable to Stalin, I just couldn't help asking the AI to make this.
1. Anarchism
2. Secular fascism
3. A rant about extremism now being "anything right of AOC or Bernie Sanders in the US" and how history clearly shows us what happens when ideology becomes so concentrated
4. Communism
5. "No religions"
6. Incest
Hey, they're not my answers.
7. "is none an option? extremism of any kind is not appealing. Political and Religious being the very last one 😀"
Meh, ok.
8. "Amish."
My friend mentioned that, among other things, she likes the idea of "rumspringa". I remember reading about this in Lost Connections: When they're young adults, they get to go live in "the English world" (society as we know it) for a few years, they get to do whatever they want, and then they can decide if they want to stay or come back. Fun fact: Most of them come back.
Here's what she said about the word (she's German): "I think it's "rumspringa", derives from german "herumspringen" which literally means to jump around. It's often used in a context with playing children, eg. "On this party lots of kids have "herumgesprungen""
9. Anarchosyndicalism or Jungian psychology
10. "Let's say everything that is on the far-left of the spectrum, be it anti-fascism / anti-capitalism... Or let's go crazy with syndicalism!"
"I'm going to change my answer: my extremism is believing that David Lynch's films make sense"
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