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How is it that Hegel managed to influence both far-left and far-right thinkers?

As the title says - both Karl Marx and Giovanni Gentile claim influence by Hegel, yet the two thinkers are explicitly opposed (note: I know Marx makes an explicit break with Hegel, but his influence is profound nonetheless). What is it in Hegel's work that influences them both?
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Hegel influences basically everything that comes after him, so we can expect his influence would span the political spectrum.

Less generally, the basic logic of Hegel's system intrinsically includes as a fundamental feature both conservative impulses and progressive impulses, in the sense that the key move of "sublation" involves both a preservation and an overcoming of what was. Such that it's understandable why people looking for either side of this move will find something worthwhile in Hegel.