{"id":14860,"date":"2024-11-27T04:22:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=14860"},"modified":"2024-11-27T09:51:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:51:40","slug":"888-reverse-polarity-righting-the-political-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/14860","title":{"rendered":"888 &#8211; Reverse polarity\u2014Righting the political compass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/888-REVERSEpolarity-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14861\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20241127-justRIGHT-888-ReversePolarity-RightingThePoliticalCompass.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><br \/>\nThose who believe that Left and Right no longer matter in politics are victims of what <strong>Dinesh D&#8217;Souza<\/strong> calls the Big Lie.  The consequence of a Leftist propaganda campaign following World War II, <strong>what has most popularly been recognized as the &#8216;political spectrum&#8217; is in fact a political fiction that has succeeded in crippling the Right &#8211; and its ability to counter the Left.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This fictional &#8216;political spectrum&#8217; places communism on the Left and fascism on the Right.  <strong>Nowhere on this &#8216;spectrum&#8217; is there any point or position for the political conditions of freedom and capitalism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the Right represents freedom, in contrast to the Left representing tyranny, <strong>getting the world to associate the Right with fascism<\/strong> instead of freedom was a propaganda victory that paved the way for the Left&#8217;s ascendancy.  It <strong>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 &#8216;spectrum.&#8217;<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>Today, many on the Right, when labeled &#8216;far right&#8217; &#8216;extreme right&#8217; or the like, cower in fear and shame rather than accept being so labeled as something to be proud of.   <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps <strong>a quick review of some proper associations with Left and Right<\/strong> might be helpful:<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEFT &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; RIGHT<\/p>\n<p>Tyranny &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Freedom<br \/>\nDeath &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Life<br \/>\nEvil &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Good<br \/>\nPlato &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Aristotle<br \/>\nKarl Marx &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Ayn Rand<br \/>\nPrimacy of Consciousness &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Primacy of Existence<br \/>\nCollectivism &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Individualism<br \/>\nConsensus &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Consent<br \/>\nSlavery &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Capitalism<br \/>\nState Ownership\/Control &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Private Property<br \/>\nEquity &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Equality<br \/>\nMajority Rule &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Democracy<br \/>\nGovernment as Player &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Government as Referee<br \/>\nGroup &#8216;Rights&#8217; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Individual Rights<br \/>\nCoercive &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Voluntary<br \/>\nThe Rule of Men &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- The Rule of Law<br \/>\nCensorship &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Freedom of Speech<br \/>\nInitiatory Use of Force &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Defensive\/Retaliatory Use of Force<br \/>\nThe ends justify the means &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Ends and means are the same<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the final analysis, <strong>the right direction can only be determined by using a political &#8216;compass,&#8217; not a political &#8216;spectrum.&#8217;<\/strong> 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. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s as simple as this:  On a political compass, one side points just Left.  The other side points Just Right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/888-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/888-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>Those who believe that Left and Right no longer matter in politics are victims of what Dinesh D&#8217;Souza calls the Big Lie. 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