probably at some point but I dont recall

Ask someone “are some people better than others”

A rightwinger will say “yes”

A leftwinger will give u a speech

The punchline is that lefties either they think outright that all people are ultimately equal

or they recognize people aren’t inherently equal, but they have to manage the cognitive dissonance from the conflict with their commitment to egalitarianism

I would say that you want to measure
social change to social conservatism
economic freedom to economic control
decentralized power to centralized power
for your main 3

PRECISELY

you can probably come up with a few other large categories but that's basically it

that’s definitely more accurate than the “politicalcompass.org” test

ancaps are your all the way freedom, ancommmies are a triangle, etc

Except that ancoms would probably claim to be for economic freedom

you can reword it

“Property rights” is probably a better description of the acis

*axis

but the crux of it is that property rights vs communal or state ownership is the issue

and then communal vs state is modified by centralized/decentralized power

Breaking; Terror attack in UK.
https://youtu.be/R9cZDDEtiWE

which is why putting Richard Spencer, who is like, a straight line on the right, in with someone like me, who leans towards a straightish line on the left, but not all the way over, makes less sense than comparing him to a socialist

who is going to be L/R/R

UK is going to get fucking people's militias and vigilante gangs if they dont smarten the fuck up

At least they got themselves a few Gadsden flags to spur some esprit de corps

took them a few centuries but at least some of the see the light

Still not sure what to make of continuing to use left/right in political discussion. I think the Asian Capitalists were on to something to present the idea of a Political Triangle vs political compass

Ultimately, left-wing logic seems to inevitably lead to Socialist ideology, but being Right wing doesn’t indicate a unified ideology, the only thing in common is opposition to the Left

thats why I think it's a worthless scale

Depending on your preference to authority, you can span from Absolute Monarchy to Ancap as a rightwinger

I dunno

that said there's factions on the left too

the old guard hates the hipsters

By itself it is a useful distinction, but it’s ramapantly misused

there's a segment of the left, particularly in Canada, that does genuinely care about the workers

On purpose, I think

and they cannot stand the socialist idpol nutjobs

I think then the only difference between leftwingers tho is their dedication to pragmatism vs idealism

And depending on how consistently an individual leftie adheres to principles, if they have any, is toward total obliteration of private property

eh, I think there are people who dont take up communal/state ownership as a principle, and there's also a difference re: freedom of speech and the like

old school lefties are more inclined to be pro-rights outside of property and maybe religious rights

eh

well in any case, it still seems that Left/Right is a useful distinction, but widely misunderstood, and used incorrectly

Now I realize too u can’t define Right-wing as property-rights-first