I would say human solidarity is the most important thing. The UN declatation on human rights is being trampled on by various groups which don't neatly fit a "wing" or a "class". As i see it, they are simply selfish transhumanist ideologues, or "the cyborg cult". I've heard it called "neosocialism" or technocratic cryptofascism. When many of us say "the left", that's what we mean. The term "right wing" is often used by the bodysnatchers as a cryptonym for evil. Thank fuck for 4chan and memes for retaliating.
Esperantist@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
I agree that they don't neatly fit a wing, or any narrow political belief, but the people who have the power to trample your rights are the rich and powerful. We're certainly not in the same class as Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, etc. That's the true divide - their interests are diametrically opposed to ours in almost all areas.
I agree with you and the other commenter down below actually - I don't know if using descriptions by "wing" is really effective. To clarify, I'm working class, fairly low income, and I think a lot of the services we run as for-profit enterprises shouldn't be, and should be managed by a competent state. I guess that's what I mean when I say "left wing" broadly speaking, but I should've been more specific in the first place, what with how they intentionally muddy the waters and break up our ability to communicate effectively.
But anyway, we're all in agreement that the truckers have a right to strike, and that's the important thing here and now!
goldenballs@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Yes but, many people who vote for "right wing" parties and have conservative views, are working class and low income.
You sound English. Think of Brexit voters in Sunderland, a place that gave the Jarrow march, it hasn't changed much, but the UK Labour Party has. In America, the equivalent is the Rust Belt MAGA voter. In Canada, the Albertan trucker. Aus and NZ have their equivalents too.
I am of working class but through education and work have a more ambiguous "class" status.
One thing i think is lacking in school is true understanding of economics, finance, and what money actually is.
States are not competent.
Profit is essential.
Money is a representation of energy. it is tiny slivers pf the economy. Tradeable contracts, promises to do future work. Price is information about the economy and where to allocate resources. The reason why socialist states fail is because they eliminate this information from rhe economy, so everyone is in the dark, and value is determined by non-economic factors, which facilitate nefarious acts.
Its reasonable to describe Nazism as "left wing", because it is a form of collectivism where citizens are the property of the state. Hence when you look at CCP China, or DPR Korea, you see fascism in the fiorm of "communism". Actual fascism is a left-wing ideology, because left-wing is about control far more than it is about freedom, and the opposite is true for the right. The confusion comes in the playing with words where social conservatism is conflated with "political cobswrvatism" (actually often a misnomer for libertarianism for "classical liberals") and "economic conservatism" or rather "capitalism", when in fact there isn't much capitalisma any more like in the age of robber barons and a real gold standard; the world has become a creditist system in stages through the 20th century, until things went a bit wrong on August 9th 2007. We've been delaying the inevitable collapse of the China-US ponzi scheme until about now .. maybe after interest rate hikes in March.
I bet you that much of what you believe about the world will change as the year unfolds.
Buckle up....