Right v Left

 

Right wing? Left wing?

I’ve read a bit on the subject of these over the last month or so. Commenters seem confused.

One viewed the Right as whatever she* thinks at any time while the Left was almost any populist movement – including movements that moved Europe out of feudelism and towards democracy before Marx, Engells put pen to paper.

Others viewed the Right as somewhere between Hitler and Pol Pot.

Since Charlie Kirk many others view the Right as anyone who does not accept, without thought, every dictate of racist, sexist or religionist scum. Notably for this last lot only one of the three Middle-Eastern Godbothering outfits is acceptable despite all having the same God.

To me Right v Left is fairly simple:

Right means accepting full responsibility for your actions and recognising those actions created the present.

Left means it’s always someone else’s fault and someone else MUST fix it.

Note: Like a good fellow I’m trying to use preferred pronouns here.