wwinterj25 posted...
I don't understand what any of this means.
Right is conservative, left is liberal. However, conservative and liberal have no real fixed meanings in and of themselves; socially liberal doesn't even mean pro-freedom because it actually heavily restricts what people can do while socially conservative does pretty much the same half the time. I guess fiscal conservatism and liberalism more broadly retain meanings, as lower taxes and less government vs higher taxes and more government *although* even there it can be misleading since conservatives can back military spending which results in government growth.
KroganCharr posted...
OneTimeBen posted...
wwinterj25 posted...
I don't understand what any of this means.
Right is Republican belief. Left is Democratic.
See, the problem with those American parties is that they're simply too big. They lump too many different viewpoints together. If I were American, I'd be inclined to go Democrat because I'm for pretty much any progressive social policy like gay marriage, abortion and seperation of church and state - but then I'd be in the same party as the socialists who think we should tax the entire economy to death and pretty much void property rights for anyone they perceive as rich.
It's a two-party system where both parties suck. Granted, it wouldn't be nearly as bad if government wasn't so damn invasive and involved in pretty much every aspect of our lives.
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