As if the general understanding about the essential differences between Left and Right wasn’t already confused enough, it’s distressing to realize that the confusion is as pronounced about a single side of the polarity as it is about the differences between the two.
While the Left can accurately be associated with all forms of collectivism, it’s only logical and consistent that individualism and its political corollaries – being the very opposite of collectivism – can only be found on the Right. Yet beliefs persist that varying forms of collectivism are to be found there, once again pushing individualism, freedom and capitalism out of the picture.
One of these collectivist forms, of course, is fascism. Having long been philosophically and historically associated with the Left, fascism was artificially ‘moved to the Right’ after the last World war as part of the Democratic Party’s attempt to distance itself from the ideology of Hitler’s fascism which it so openly admired before the war.
This was the essence of the ‘Big Lie’ described by Dinesh D’Souza in his book of the same name, and cited on a previous broadcast. And of course, the false association of fascism with the Right has since been used as a political weapon against the Right.
Yet another collectivist ideology that continues to falsely be associated with the Right is one that appears to be the very opposite of fascism – anarchy. Paradoxically, in the minds of most, ‘fascism’ is seen as some form of ‘total’ government control, while ‘anarchy’ is associated with ‘no’ government at all. Yet many continue to associate both with the Right!
Like fascism, anarchy actually belongs on the Left, where both its ideology and history reside. Entangled in this controversy are similarly confused and contradictory concepts like ‘Left-Right Coalitions,’ ‘Democratic Socialism,’ ‘Monopoly Capitalism,’ and the ‘New Right’ – just a few of the persistent notions making it difficult to see what’s Right. And as always, the various adjectives placed in front of the political concept of ‘Right’ in the end all mean the same thing: ‘Not.’
Because when it comes to defining what’s Right, it’s never ‘alt’ Right or ‘new’ Right, or ‘slightly’ Right, ‘half’ Right, or even ‘Left-’ Right. It’s Just Right.
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