I dont like the left/right frame used in talking about societal structures because they are not anchored properly. How we define them can be so vastly different. This makes it easier for the machine to control the conversation to benefit itself.
They’re defined differently because liberals desperately want them to be.
The left is revolutionary-progressive politics. The right is conservative-regressive politics. Those are the anchors. Those have always been the anchors.
In the 1700s, when the term was first being used, being a liberal was left wing, because that was relatively revolutionary when there were still Monarchists around. Since the mid 1800s left wing has always started at anti-capitalism, because liberalism was the default view.
I dont like the left/right frame used in talking about societal structures because they are not anchored properly. How we define them can be so vastly different. This makes it easier for the machine to control the conversation to benefit itself.
They’re defined differently because liberals desperately want them to be.
The left is revolutionary-progressive politics. The right is conservative-regressive politics. Those are the anchors. Those have always been the anchors.
In the 1700s, when the term was first being used, being a liberal was left wing, because that was relatively revolutionary when there were still Monarchists around. Since the mid 1800s left wing has always started at anti-capitalism, because liberalism was the default view.