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:

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.