nobody can agree what “left” means
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thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
tankies aren’t “further left than me” they’re “more authoritarian than me”
“further left than me” are idealist utopian communists and “more libertarian than me” are idealist utopian anarchists
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 23 hours ago
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 21 hours ago
That is nonsense.
The left was coined by its opposition to the monarchy while the right supported it.
So left has been currently and historically speaking in opposition of hierarchies and in favor of equality.
The right consequently has been in favor of hierarchies.
chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 19 hours ago
Okay, but just grounding it in historical context doesn’t make it the definition. If Mamdani established Mamdanistan and abused courts to execute people polluting ground water with data centers, that would be hierarchical, but very clearly not “right wing” in the common understanding.
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 18 hours ago
Weird example but ok.
And no, it is not only historical. I stated that in my original comment and I invite you to look at left wing politics but some “left wing” politician’s position on some random issue, but a widely supported position by the left wing community. You will see that they are all in opposition of hierarchy.
But let’s take your weirdly racist example, where is the hierarchy?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
it means a very scary mountain
Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
libertarians are not anarchists
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Anarchists are a genre of libertarians though. It’s just that who dominates the landscape of “libertarian” is ancaps, who are just fascists with a weirder set of steps to implement a fascist nightmare.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 14 hours ago
Anarchists and Libertarian used to be synonymous, since Libertarian was a way to talk about Anarchism without being persecuted. Later in the US Proprietarians coopted the term Libertarian, and later even Anarchism by claiming to be ‘Anarcho-Capitalists’.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 13 hours ago
@ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net always out here saying what i’m trying to say, but better
WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 day ago
the point of the meme is to be wrong…
Riverside@reddthat.com 1 day ago
How is Utopian communist further left? A non-realizable ideology isn’t left, left is one which actually has political power and is based on material reality, because it’s the one which ends up achieving results.
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 1 day ago
the farthest extremes on either sure are unrealistic and deluded. just because you like one side doesn’t mean they dont get crazy when you go far enough. it’s VERY important not to lose site of that.
yes a communist utopia is unachievable. yes there are people who are actively pursuing that impossible goal. that does not make them unleft.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Being in the middle does not make a stance correct. Saying “slavery is good” and someone saying “slavery is bad” does not make “some slavery is good” the correct position.
Secondly, utopianism is what they are referring to, the practice of theorycrafting a perfect idea and trying to create that by explaining that perfect idea to everyone. Communism has been scientific since Marx, however those who still cling to utopianism over scientific communism do exist to this day. They are typically called “ultraleft,” but not because they are “more left,” but because they place ideals over material reality. That’s why the question exists, can they truly be called “more left” if their strategy is impossible to begin with?
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 1 day ago
i didn’t say you should be centerist lmao. i said that extremism is real and something to watch yourself on. I’m very far left, that why I’m on this forum you goof. that doesn’t mean leftist extremism isn’t real.
left vs right is just defined by vague political goals and ideas. so say anything is more or less of that is impossible because the scale is undefined. that’s not what matters, the point is that if you don’t police your own beliefs you are likely to fall down dangerous rabbit holes.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 23 hours ago
Yeah, exactly. This graphic is really bad. I guess it’s supposed to be incorrect, but it sends a bad message.
Also, the only people calling anyone “shitlibs” are literal tankies. Sane leftists don’t call anyone “shitlib.”
Any leftist to the right of my on the spectrum is probably considered center-left. I prefer democratic socialism and/or social democracy, using incremental progress to achieve leftist reform.
People are allowed to have different opinions than me. That’s what democracy is. But no one can be allowed to be authoritarian in a democracy, because authoritarianism is incompatible with democracy and a danger to it.
Authoritarians don’t respect diversity of opinion, they don’t tolerate differences. So I’m so tired of authoritarian-minded people whining and calling me intolerant just because I shut them down when they’re trying to dominate others.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 21 hours ago
HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Imagining yourselves as everyone’s parents… Literal unironic paternalism.
Having a .ml as one’s actual parent sounds like a nightmare though. Absolutely a sure fire way to create an anarcho-capitalist or some shit in the natural backlash.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
Just because I recognize that you are the intellectual equivalent of a toddler doesn’t mean I accept the responsibility of raising you
caligine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
>democracy
look inside
>attachment to particular institutions, policies and practices
quips@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Yep. Authoritarianism does not lie leftward, it is not a leftist principle.