Those who believe that Left and Right no longer matter in politics are victims of what Dinesh D’Souza calls the Big Lie. The consequence of a Leftist propaganda campaign following World War II, what has most popularly been recognized as the ‘political spectrum’ is in fact a political fiction that has succeeded in crippling the Right – and its ability to counter the Left.
This fictional ‘political spectrum’ places communism on the Left and fascism on the Right. Nowhere on this ‘spectrum’ is there any point or position for the political conditions of freedom and capitalism.
Since the Right represents freedom, in contrast to the Left representing tyranny, getting the world to associate the Right with fascism instead of freedom was a propaganda victory that paved the way for the Left’s ascendancy. It not only robbed the Right of its political identity, it destroyed the natural polarity of politics by placing a single polarity of tyranny at each end of a so-called ‘spectrum.’
Today, many on the Right, when labeled ‘far right’ ‘extreme right’ or the like, cower in fear and shame rather than accept being so labeled as something to be proud of.
Perhaps a quick review of some proper associations with Left and Right might be helpful:
LEFT ———————————————————————————— RIGHT
Tyranny —————————————————————————— Freedom
Death ——————————————————————————– Life
Evil ——————————————————————————— Good
Plato ——————————————————————————– Aristotle
Karl Marx —————————————————————————- Ayn Rand
Primacy of Consciousness ————————————————- Primacy of Existence
Collectivism ——————————————————————- Individualism
Consensus —————————————————————————- Consent
Slavery —————————————————————————- Capitalism
State Ownership/Control ——————————————————- Private Property
Equity ——————————————————————————- Equality
Majority Rule ———————————————————————– Democracy
Government as Player —————————————————- Government as Referee
Group ‘Rights’ ——————————————————————- Individual Rights
Coercive ————————————————————————- Voluntary
The Rule of Men ——————————————————————- The Rule of Law
Censorship ——————————————————————- Freedom of Speech
Initiatory Use of Force ———————————— Defensive/Retaliatory Use of Force
The ends justify the means ———————————— Ends and means are the same
In the final analysis, the right direction can only be determined by using a political ‘compass,’ not a political ‘spectrum.’ Such a compass indicates a polarity in terms of Left and Right, no different in principle than any normal compass displaying a polarity in terms of North and South.
It’s as simple as this: On a political compass, one side points just Left. The other side points Just Right.
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