No dichotomy there lol... A right-wing extremist hippie- Hmmmm! My background is political science (undergrad) and economics (MA). I write about politics as well. I've been enjoying writing fiction, weaving my right-wing extremist conspiracy theory into my stories. It's truth disguised as fiction. If you write the truth- nobody wants to read it. If you write the same thing as an imaginary story- they eat it up!