Today I want to use a picture to clarify some questions that many people are confused about , that is, how to distinguish rightists from leftists? Were the Nazis far right or far left? Why is the general trend of the world to the left?
Why do leftists and rightists have common enemies? Why is the right more inclined to appease the Nazis? First of all, the difference between the left and the right stems from the difference in basic values, so it is often difficult for them to convince each other .
There are multiple dimensions to distinguish human values. Different people may use different dimensions to distinguish left and right. If you use a single dimension, you will often Cause confusion of understanding.
Here we consider the two most basic dimensions at the same time to make things clear. First , let’s talk about the first dimension, that is, freedom and equality, a pair of values. To pursue freedom requires sacrificing some equality and pursuing equality requires suppressing some freedom.
The balance point should be set. The left and the right have their own emphasis. The right emphasizes freedom, while the left emphasizes equality.
The right supports small government and liberal capitalism. Market economy The left supports big government and a socialist planned economy. This is a common way to divide left and right.
Another dimension is the pair of values of equality and efficiency . In this dimension, the left still emphasizes equality. It seems very warm and advocates social care.
, the emphasis is on protecting the interests of the weak, while the right is a bit cold. The right believes that the survival of the fittest is a natural law and common sense . The interests of the strong should be protected.
The right advocates self-struggle. If this value goes to the extreme, it is the law of the jungle. Like loving mothers, what worries most is that their children will not be treated fairly by others.
Rightists are like strict fathers, who worry most about their children being incompetent and ignorant of the rules . Combining the values of these two dimensions, you can see leftists and rightists In fact, it only occupies two of the four quadrants. The core value of the left is equality .
In order to achieve equality, the left can sacrifice a lot of individual freedom and the economic efficiency of the society as a whole, while the core value of the right includes freedom and Two elements of efficiency The right does not value equality, but the right values both individual freedom and the rules and order necessary to achieve efficiency. The right often needs to carefully find a balance between freedom and efficiency. In addition to the left and the right, the other two quadrants are unlimited Governmentism and Nazi totalitarianism For anarchism, individual liberty is the first value Social equality and economic efficiency are not important Whereas for Nazi totalitarianism socioeconomic efficiency is the first value For socioeconomic efficiency, freedom Peace and equality can be sacrificed.
This is how the social and economic efficiency of Nazi Germany was obtained. In fact, in the eyes of the conservative right, the mainstream left, anarchists, and the Nazis are all left in a broad sense, and they are all extremists. Unity In this triangle composed of the three values of freedom, equality, and efficiency, each of the three lefts occupies a pole.
The mainstream left wants extreme equality and advocates a big government welfare society. Anarchists want extreme freedom. The Nazis want extreme efficiency .
Do not go to extremes, advocate respecting the existing system and rules, and gradually improve. The right often needs to carefully find a balance between freedom and efficiency. On the issue of human nature being good or evil, the right is also a middle-of-the-road attitude.
The right recognizes the weakness of human nature but recognize Through individual efforts and free competition, the society as a whole can be good . The leftists either think that human nature is evil, so they are keen on fighting , or they think that human nature is good, so they are keen on forgiveness. Leftists are often eager for success, for a single lofty value No Bottom line, do not hesitate to destroy the existing system and rules.
In the eyes of leftists in socialist countries, mainstream rightists, anarchists, and Nazis are all rightists in a broad sense. Anarchists are liberal rightists. Mainstream rightists represent small The right wing of the bourgeoisie, the Nazis represent the extreme right of the big bourgeoisie, while the left wing of capitalist countries often regards anarchists as left wing in order to unite the majority, and at the same time, in order to attack and stigmatize the right wing, they always try to associate the right wing with the Nazis Together, the Nazis are called the extreme right Since the mainstream media is mostly controlled by the left , the idea that the Nazis are the extreme right has also become the mainstream concept .
Then why is the mainstream media mostly controlled by the left? This is determined by the characteristics of the left and the right. The core value of the left is equality .
This concept is naturally more social and just. It is taller and occupies the moral high ground, so it is easy to spread in society. The core value of the right is Finding a balance between freedom and efficiency is more complicated, not concise enough and not close enough to the people.
If you are not careful, you will be misunderstood as selfish, so the media often suffers. Moreover , the rightists advocate that the weak should find reasons from themselves, and advocate individual self-struggle . So the rightists These two reasons lead to the fact that most rightists talk less and do more, and sometimes form a silent majority .
The leftists are different. The ideal of equality of the leftists must be realized through social reform or social revolution. Need Mobilize the society to engage in sports to help the weak, so the leftists are naturally more extroverted and more ostentatious .
In addition, the leftists are generally younger and radical, and the rightists are generally more experienced and introverted . The extroversion of the leftists and the introversion of the rightists determine that the mainstream media must be biased towards the leftists. But not necessarily so .
The election of Trump in 2016 illustrates the power of the silent majority. The left ’s attacks on Trump have focused on his Nazi tendency, saying he is racist, saying he is anti-immigrant , and Trump has always emphasized law and order. It is true that people on the right tend to be more authoritarian, but if the right wants to resist the attacks of the left, it often has to rely on people like Trump.
Because the right advocates individual freedom and conservatism, it has a certain natural weakness , which is similar to the right For example , the leftists are often willing to sacrifice their lives for ideals, so the rightists are often less militant than the leftists. This explains why the rightists in Britain and the United States were more inclined to appease the Nazis in the early days of World War II. Only by uniting the great leftists can the Soviet Union finally defeat the Nazis.
The rightists oppose the Nazis because the Nazis violated freedom. The leftists oppose the Nazis because the Nazis violated equality. The leftists fight for their ideals, and the rightists fight for their own interests .
