{"id":13434,"date":"2023-02-09T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=13434"},"modified":"2023-12-27T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T18:19:05","slug":"797-why-freedom-is-just-right-and-tyranny-is-always-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/13434","title":{"rendered":"797 &#8211; Why freedom is just Right\u2014and tyranny is always Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/797-LeftRight-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13435\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20230209-justRIGHT-797-WhyFREEDOMisJustRIGHT-andTYRANNYisAlwaysLEFT.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><br \/>\nThe continuing confusion over distinctions between the political Left and Right contributes greatly to society\u2019s steady drift away from freedom and towards a state of tyranny.  No mere matter of semantics, <strong>the failure to objectively distinguish Left from Right blinds people to the nature of politics, a blindness that can only lead towards tyranny.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, <strong>when it comes to voting, most don\u2019t think in terms of a Left and Right polarity<\/strong>; the polarity they think is Left and Right is the one between Republican or Democrat, Liberal or Conservative, Green or Blue, etc. But as experience repeatedly demonstrates, this is a false polarity because all of today\u2019s political parties on the so-called \u201cpolitical spectrum\u201d are on the Left \u2013 which in all its forms and political options lead consistently away from freedom. <\/p>\n<p>As the architect of our dysfunctional and broken political compass, <strong>the Left has been astonishingly successful in having destroyed the proper association of freedom with the Right, while at the same time disguising the totalitarian nature of the Left.<\/strong>  In desperation, many seeking freedom turn towards a false \u201cRight\u201d associated with conservatism, libertarianism, and even anarchism \u2013 all rooted in ideologies of the Left.  <\/p>\n<p>From its origins and history to its application in practice, any honest and objective evaluation of the principles on which freedom is based against the principles on which tyranny is based will lead to the unavoidable conclusion that Freedom is Just Right and tyranny is always Left.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/797-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/797-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you found this presentation valuable please consider supporting us:<br \/>\n&#x1f9e1; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/justrightmedia\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The continuing confusion over distinctions between the political Left and Right contributes greatly to society\u2019s steady drift away from freedom and towards a state of tyranny. No mere matter of semantics, the failure to objectively distinguish Left from Right blinds people to the nature of politics, a blindness that can only lead towards tyranny. 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