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Originally Posted by freebeard
I've been thinking about what distinguishes Left and Right. It used to be anti-war and free speech vs lawn odor; but those qualifiers have been reversed. So I think it comes down to collective vs sovereign.
So you have authoritarian-Left (naught-seas), authoritarian Right (your Pinochets), libertarian-Right ( d*mned hippies) and the ever elusive libertarian-Left.
So then I wonder what the third-order axis is. Pro- or anti-war? G-g-g-gender? |
Your take is quite inaccurate.
It's pretty easy to distinguish between American "left" and "right." Much of the R has decided that it's okay for their chosen one to try to steal a presidential election. They tend to believe in tradition. Much of the L is more open to domestic cultural issues, but are most often similar to Rs regarding US militarism, which means they support a form of authoritarianism- US militarism as World Policeman (judge,
jury, and
executioner).