Nibodhika , 1 month ago

Lots of what you’re saying smells like bullshit, but I would like to point one specific thing:

The center right still believes in representation and voting, where the far right is an authoritarian movement. This is an important distinction.

That’s not how it works, left/right and libertarian/authoritarian are different axis, because left/right are economic terms, they can be replaced by collectivism/individualism, just like how the other axis can be replaced by Anarchism/Totalitarism. You can have an extreme libertarian-right (e.g. anarcho-capitalist) or an extreme totalitarian-right (e.g. fascism), just like you can have an extreme libertarian-left (e.g. Kibutz) or extreme totalitarian-left (e.g. communism as implemented in the USSR).

Also there’s a third axis of conservative/progressive. Just because you live in a country where conservatives and right wings are the same doesn’t mean everyone else does. For example in the two right wing examples I gave, one (anarcho-capitalist) is extremely progressive while the other (fascism) is extremely conservative.

In the end you can think on the 3 axis according to different questions:

• How should money be split? This is left/right or collectivism/individualism
• Who should rule? This is libertarian/totalitarian or anarchism/totalitarism
• How to deal with new ideas? This is conservative/progressive

For example, taxes and where to use them are (in general ) a left/right debate, whereas security is (usually) a libertarian/totalitarian debate, and abortion, drugs and most things related to new ideas are (again, usually) conservative/progressive.