the one-dimensional "left vs right" spectrum is used by the ruling class to dumb down the complexity of politics to us "proles", akin to newspeak.
the downside of this is that it makes us less able to properly discuss politics in the marketplace of ideas that we like to present ourselves in.
it is best to avoid using directional terms such as "left" or "right", or even "progressive" and "conservative", since they are extremely vague and context dependant.
is someone who holds a left and a right position now left or right? no way you average them into a centrist position since so much information is lost and it would be a terrible description, thats why this non-specificy is a bad model.
it makes more sense to use words like "libertarian", "authoritarian", "free-market", "planned-market", etc.
the one-dimensional "left vs right" spectrum is used by the ruling class to dumb down the complexity of politics to us "proles", akin to newspeak.
the downside of this is that it makes us less able to properly discuss politics in the marketplace of ideas that we like to present ourselves in.
it is best to avoid using directional terms such as "left" or "right", or even "progressive" and "conservative", since they are extremely vague and context dependant.
is someone who holds a left and a right position now left or right? no way you average them into a centrist position since so much information is lost and it would be a terrible description, thats why this non-specificy is a bad model.
it makes more sense to use words like "libertarian", "authoritarian", "free-market", "planned-market", etc.