Thursday, February 22, 2018

An alternative to Left:Right

It is always difficult to capture the hundreds of shades of difference on a political spectrum, and it is especially hard to use neutral terms. Some terms carry loaded meanings, some carry historical baggage. From left to right, perhaps one model might be:
Illiberal Anarchists - Antifa, White Supremacists, etc.

Illiberal Postmodernists - Coercive legislation, regulatory capture, equality of outcomes, group identity, etc.

Liberal Rent Seekers - Anti-federalism, centralized decision-making, technocrats, managed economy. Establishment Democrats, Establishment Republicans.

Classical Liberals - Locke, Smith, Hume, Mills. Rationalism, evidence-based decision-making, individualism, consent of the governed, bias towards free markets, opposed to monopolies, tea partiers, rule of law, equality before the law, equal rights not equal outcomes, etc.

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