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Got around to watching this video by @DataDistribute, which defines the right-wing in terms of commitment to a collective, transcendent, moral good (to summarise as briefly as possible) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_kuFyN3Cwk">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
It seems to me that any attempt to describe some essence to the terms "left" and "right" fails. For example, the Distributist& #39;s critique of left-wingers as being unconcerned with the collective good could easily be applied to many right-wingers
In fact, it& #39;s quite a common critique of right-wingers made by left-wingers.
I also disagree with the characterisation of left-wingers as entirely utilitarian (Distributist also says this). Abstract concepts such as equality and justice are generally important for left-wingers, and not simply because of their instrumental value
The reality is that "left" and "right" are not natural categories, they& #39;re just terms that describe political alliances, and political alliances aren& #39;t for the most part based on coherent ideological differences but rather on conflict between identity groups
Without wanting to sound like too much of a wignat, I think the most important division is racial. White ethnic chauvinists are "right-wing" and non-white ethnic chauvinists are "left-wing" (as are whites with negative ethnocentrism-see attached picture)
For example https://twitter.com/AsterixNational/status/1245897619466883072">https://twitter.com/AsterixNa...
While mainstream conservatives like Ben Shapiro may not exactly be white ethnic chauvinists, they& #39;re generally closer to this than left-wingers (i.e. they argue against ideas like "systemic racism" and lefties call them racist/white supremacist on this basis)
