Linkomies's ideologic development may for later generations seem remarkable, but among his contemporaries it was not unheard of to have been ardently nationalist, anti-Scandinavian, monarchy minded, anti-Socialist, and anti-democrat, only to shred these opinions one after another.
Linkomies ideologiske udvikling kan for senere generationer virke bemærkelsesværdig, men blandt hans samtidige var det ikke uhørt at have været indædt nationalist, antiskandinav, monarkist, antisocialist og antidemokrat, og senere opgive disse holdninger en efter en.