{"id":15564,"date":"2025-06-25T17:37:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=15564"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:01:29","slug":"918-the-trans-political-language-barrier-left-and-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/15564","title":{"rendered":"918 &#8211; The trans political language barrier\u2014Left and Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/918-LanguageBarrier-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15565\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20250625-justRIGHT-918-theTransPoliticalLanguageBarrier-LeftAndRight.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\">Your browser does not support the audio element<\/audio><br \/>\n<strong>Missing from most discussions about the political Left and Right are any consistent and accurate definitions of each polarity in terms of its principles.<\/strong>  As a consequence, confusion reigns &#8211; a condition that benefits the Left and handicaps the Right. <\/p>\n<p>So <strong>here, in no particular order, are but a few examples of proper associations with Left and Right:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong>LEFT &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; RIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plato &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Aristotle<br \/>\nPrimacy of Consciousness &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Primacy of Existence<br \/>\nUnreality &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Reality<br \/>\nIgnorance &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Knowledge<br \/>\nFake &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Real<br \/>\nTyranny &#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;- Life<br \/>\nEvil &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Good<br \/>\nSinister &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Dexterous<br \/>\nIrrational &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Rational<br \/>\nImmorality &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Morality<br \/>\nSubjective \/ Intrinsic &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Objective<br \/>\nConfusion &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Understanding<br \/>\nIntolerance &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Tolerance \/ Respect<br \/>\n Karl Marx &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Ayn Rand<br \/>\n Collectivism &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Individualism<br \/>\n Consensus &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Consent<br \/>\n Slavery &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Capitalism<br \/>\nSocialism, Communism, Fascism &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Capitalism<br \/>\nUtopia \/ Perfection &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Ideal<br \/>\nCollective Authority &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Individual Responsibility<br \/>\nSacrificial Altruism &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Rational Self Interest<br \/>\nConcrete bound thought &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Abstract thinking<br \/>\nDestiny \/ Determinism &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Choice \/ Free Will<br \/>\n State Ownership\/Control &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Private Property<br \/>\n Equity &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Equality<br \/>\n Majority Rule &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Democracy<br \/>\n Government as Player &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Government as Referee<br \/>\n Group &#8216;Rights&#8217; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Individual Rights<br \/>\n Coercive &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Voluntary<br \/>\nCoercion &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Voluntarism<br \/>\n The Rule of Men &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; The Rule of Law<br \/>\n Censorship &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Freedom of Speech<br \/>\n Initiatory Force &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Defensive\/Retaliatory Force<br \/>\n Ends justify means &#8212;&#8211; Ends and means are the same<br \/>\nMight is Right &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Right is Might<br \/>\nDisorder and Chaos &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Order and Symmetry<br \/>\nEnvy &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Pride<br \/>\nUnearned &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Earned<br \/>\nEmotions \/ Feelings &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;  Reason \/ Thinking<br \/>\nState education &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Private Education<br \/>\nControlled Minds &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Free Minds<br \/>\nControlled Markets &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Free Markets<br \/>\nPolitical Wings &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; No Wing (Knowing)<br \/>\nFalsehoods and Lies &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Facts and Truth<br \/>\nFaith &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Reason<br \/>\nForce &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Persuasion<br \/>\nSocial Justice &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Individual Justice<br \/>\nIncompetence  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Competence<br \/>\nConsumption &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Production<br \/>\n&#8216;Fixed Pie&#8217; Theory &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#8216;Bake A Pie&#8217; Philosophy<br \/>\nWealth Destruction &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Wealth Creation<br \/>\nTheft  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Trade<br \/>\nPoverty &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Prosperity<br \/>\nFear &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Love<\/p>\n<p>Can there be any doubt about why we should always choose what is Just Right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/918-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/918-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>Your browser does not support the audio element Missing from most discussions about the political Left and Right are any consistent and accurate definitions of each polarity in terms of its principles. 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