I’ve been the target of attacks and accusations of being “right wing” or “far right,” almost exclusively for what I’ve said in public about the Chinese and North Korean regimes—both of which the U.S. government itself, under different administrations, has labeled enemies or competitors. But such attempts at cancellation have also been motivated by my criticisms of elements of America’s own political culture, which remind me of the totalitarian tendencies I know so well from my early life. The attacks and accusations are never totally monolithic, but they do tend to come from one political camp
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