Got in a somewhat argument with a friend about this. I was under the impression that it was essentially far right with a different name for the sake of being different. His take was “It’s like just the good parts of socialism”
1st position = conservative liberal thought
2nd position = marxist/socialist/communist thought3rd position is syncreticism. Basically people who rejected liberalism and Marxism and wanted to take aspects of both left and right. This comes in various forms. Otto Strasser wanted the economics of the socialists but the social ideology of the far right. He was an important figure in the left wing of the NSDAP, which was purged during the night of the long knives. Fascism and Nazism are considered third position, but third position is not limited to fascism.
It sounds like your friend is just politically ignorant. He probably just means social democracy.
“Third Position” is just a euphemism and autonym for fascism. Fascists in general like to use it, since they claim to stand against both liberal capitalism and socialism as it’s generally known, but the ones who tend to use it more are “left-wing” or syncretic fascists.
Though these types are a fringe even within the larger fascist movement, I find them to be the vilest of anti-socialists because they use the same words as, and claim to uphold the same values as us. An example of this is a comment I saw on a fascist subreddit where someone claimed they preferred communism to capitalism because “ugly black rappers” wouldn’t be able to get rich.
Can you elaborate on Infrared ans Lyndon? Not trying to be confrontational. This is just new to me.
