“Just remember, that if you are on the far right or the far left, you have gone too far.”
Exactly. The problem with extremists is they look for perfection. If they are political extremists they aim for pure capitalism or communism. if they are religious extremists they are biblical literalists. If they are national extremists, they leave no room for the dignity of others or even room for those in their own group that think differently than themselves.. Extremists think in terms of absolutes rather than debate and decisions on case-by-case basis using a mix of reason and empericism. Their all-in a-priori mentality eventually leads to results far different than what they imagined.