People talk about the left vs. the right.
Well there is a left in America for sure, attached to
the very opposite of what America stands for.
But what people mistakenly call the right is really
the core -- central values that make America
the shining beacon of freedom it is.
L |
R |
America's "LEFT"
Collectivist Values |
America's "CENTRIST"
Moderate Values |
Often associated with Democrats, neither party fits traditional left-right political outlines any longer. LEFTISTS have drifted toward statism, abandoning individual rights in favor of “collective” rights of government, or of no person in particular. |
Sometimes associated with Republicans, who are now almost as statist as Democrats. Often but inaccurately called the right, CENTRISTS hold core values America was founded upon. A true right-wing faction (fascism) is pretty scarce at present. |
The purpose of government is:
To do for people all the things
they cannot do for themselves. |
The purpose of government is:
To protect life, liberty, property
and do what’s in Art. I Sec. 8. |
Also known as: liberal, progressive, left,
statist, socialist, communist, marxist |
Also known as: conservative, centrist, right, originalist, constitutionalist, classical liberal |
Favors abundant or total government control |
Favors delegated limited government control |
Big government |
Small government |
Centralized power |
Federalism |
Supremacy of the state |
Supremacy of the individual |
Government is the master |
Government is the servant |
Coercive social policy |
Self ownership |
Control people for the common good |
Individual rights are inviolate |
Living or interpreted Constitution |
Rule of law and original intent |
Action as needed to help people |
Enumerated delegated powers only |
Give people everything they want |
Do only those tasks specifically assigned |
Direct elections, a democracy |
Electoral college, a republic |
Raise taxes |
Lower taxes |
Ask tax recipients to support tax increases |
Ask tax payers to reject tax increases |
Redistribution of wealth |
Ownership of fruits of labor |
Wage and price manipulation, Keynes |
Free markets, von Mises |
Union organizing |
Right to work |
Control offensive speech |
Free speech |
Political correctness, Saul Alinsky |
Freedom of thought, Ayn Rand |
Gun control and confiscation |
Gun rights and marksmanship |
Multiculturalism |
E Pluribus Unum |
Diversity, quotas, affirmative action |
Laissez faire and meritocracy |
Welfare |
Self reliance |
Nanny state |
Private charity |
Government jobs |
Free enterprise |
Socialism |
Capitalism |
Eminent domain |
Private property |
Following and conformity |
Leadership and exceptionalism |
Illegal immigration |
Managed immigration |
Federal education standards |
Home rule |
Socialized government-run health care |
Private practice of medicine |
One world government and the U.N. |
National sovereignty and unilateral policy |
Evolution and Darwinism |
Divine intervention and Creationism |
Abortion |
Sanctity of life |
Moral relativity and secularism |
Morality and religion |
Eating meat is murder |
Man is master of the animals |
Runs on emotion, overbearing |
Relies on thought, load bearing |
You can do whatever we allow |
Just leave us alone and we’ll be just fine |
