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Viddao's avatar

I would say there is a difference between law and culture.

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Fabius Minarchus's avatar

I think another dimension is needed. I know lots of people on the Right calling for Backing the Blue. The Blue here is the ultimate enforcement arm of the hierarchy. I can think of some pretty prominent Dissident Right thinkers who are all into aristocracy and hierarchy.

I've known plenty of far Leftists who had "Question Authority" bumper stickers on their cars. And I've known plenty of left progressives who participate in volunteer activity. And there are boatloads of utopian Silicon Valley left types who have experimented with flatter organizations for their companies -- sometimes with disastrous results.

There are people on both the Left and Right who believe in an explicit code of expectations. The Left loves to do social engineering through academia. The Right through the churches.

I want to say that the Right prefers local over federal solutions, but even there I come across exceptions. There be progressive bumper stickers that read "Think Globally, Act Locally".

There is a bureaucratic Left and a hippie Left. There is a libertarian Right and an authoritarian Right.

Where there appears to be a solid difference between Left and Right is the issue of merit. But even there you have many on the Right who say that earned income should be taxed more than passive income. It is the Right who defends the trust funds -- which fund future Lefty activists...

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