Don't confuse people who identify left/right with the politics and ideologies of left/right.
technically I hate even using left/right to describe American politics. It originates from Europe as (overly simplified) communism vs socialism. Nazi's on the right and commies on the left. It has no room for the type of freedom we should be enjoying.
This exactly. The true political spectrum is Totalitarianism on the extreme left and Tribalism on the extreme right. It's a matter of government size. Stalin totally warped our understanding of political science by pushing the propaganda that Communism and Fascism were opposites. They're not, they're close cousins that use different economic models.
Don't confuse people who identify left/right with the politics and ideologies of left/right.
This exactly. The true political spectrum is Totalitarianism on the extreme left and Tribalism on the extreme right. It's a matter of government size. Stalin totally warped our understanding of political science by pushing the propaganda that Communism and Fascism were opposites. They're not, they're close cousins that use different economic models.