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Left/Right, an outdated distinction? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by poVoq@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is not to say that I think they are equally bad or that there should be a "united front" or some non-sense like that!

It just seems like the traditional left / right distinction, even when extended by the authoritarian / libertarian axis doesn't seem to reflect political opinions a very well anymore (and maybe never did).

As a shower-thought I recently considered "rooted" Vs. "mobile" as less ideologically loaded and more descriptive terms of the actually different mind-sets people seem to have. This seems to fit to many aspects of the ideological divide found in today's world.

Any other suggestions?

P.S.: of course just inventing new terms & definitions doesn't change anything (and NewSpeak is certainly a danger), but keep using outdated and overloaded terms is also not the solution.

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[–] dogmuffins@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think trying to make generalised classifications is counter productive, particularly in this era of hyper-partisanship.

I'm not from the US, but it seems like politics there have become very tribal. It's much better to consider and debate specific issues rather than ideological alignments.

[–] poVoq@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Agreed, but I think that is a bit idealistic and people will continue using such overloaded terms. But maybe we can find some less partisan descriptions of the underlying worldviews?