Wrong. Left and right come from some an archaic understanding of politics wherein the aristocrats of France sat on the right, thereby cementing the (rather deleterious and erroneous) idea of conservatism being on the right.

Socialists have tried to rationalize this with an "updated" definition of right and left but can't contend with the fact that classical liberals, aka the Republican party of oIde, used to be considered leftists. Yes, they were progressive for their time, but no, there was no party shift in ideals outside of the crony types that perpetrated politics. The reason why the classical liberals are considered CONSERVATIVES aka right leaning is because the progressive agenda of the classical liberals, aka individual rights, autonomy, and free-speech, had become mainstay.

They also claim that the far-right nationalist agenda is predicated upon racism but don't seem to ever acknowledge the fact that far-left Stalin was heavily nationalistic and a huge racist. To those who would like to contend with the latter, read a history book.

They also hate the inconvenient truth that Benito had been a member of the socialist party before splintering to a nationalistic agenda, that the Nazi party was a shortened version of Nationalist Socialism, that Hitler had been calling out corporations for their inhumane treatment of workers, that he said the German people and the Bolsheviks (communists) had more in common than with the bureaucrats in Europe, or that according to Benito's manifesto itself, Fascism is meant to be the merger of big corporation and big g 0 v. That the market wasn't an open one like in the boogeyman that is capitalism, but rather only opened to people who towed the party line. SOUND FAMILIAR, LEFTISTS?!?

The truth is, politics extends into multiple axis, more than just the one. It's far too complex to be put into a single line.