Leftists come at things from a completely different perspective. If I had to articulate the biggest difference between my perspective and a leftist, it's the way leftists define 'selfishness.' Leftists often conflate big government with altruism. For example- government healthcare is "caring," free market healthcare is "selfish." Welfare programs are "caring," lack of welfare is "selfish and greedy."

The leftist is very off base with this way of thinking. They frame the issue in a moral way, but never consider the morality of a big government taking control over society. Why does the 'collective' get to decide how my income is spent? Why does the 'collective' get to decide what I personally do with my personal moral decisions (i.e.- choosing whether or not to give money to the poor).

So, while being hyper focused on morality, leftists are very inconsistent with its application. Frankly, I find their supposed "compassion" as almost always being a mask for laziness and a tendency to be control freaks. It's not that you care about the poor, it's that you want healthcare without having to earn it. It's not that you want to regulate my business because it's actually for the betterment of society, but because you desire to control me.

What leftists fail to understand, is that in almost all cases it is freedom and (true) morality that make a better society. Without (government enforced) minimum wage, poor people are better off. Without government mandated welfare, poor people are better off. Yet, they can't admit this for whatever reason- probably because they are control freaks who get off on virtue signaling their morality. There's no control and fake morality in simply letting freedom work. A leftist can't get their rocks off by simply accepting the fact that freedom creates a better society. It hurts their ego, which they routinely try to mask behind faux moral virtue signaling.