Left and Right and Up and Down
I always wondered, how do people pride themselves on being a “member of the right wing”?
I think that over time humanity has begun to attribute generalized concepts into labels to differentiate themselves and reinforce the faulty integrity of their existences through defining characteristics that divide us as opposed to unite us.
But leaving my philosophical tangent, I state that obviously some Americans have forgotten what left and right mean.
Left-wing is characterized by items attributed to the people, and to social equality, power to the people. Therefore to embrace ‘democracy’ as Americans claim to do (and for some, worship, oddly), one must be left wing to begin with.
Furthermore, right-wing is attributed to authoritarian states.
The National Socialist German Workers Party was “far right”, by the way (the Nazis). So, if you believe in fascism, rule by the few, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism, then by all means take pride in identifying yourself with the right.
But if you believe that individual people have rights too, and that we should all be treated equally, then identify yourself with the left.
But rather than making up labels to divide us, I think that we should embrace the fact that moral ideals and judgments exist beyond generalizations of thought pools, and that we should all pitch in together to do what’s right (no pun intended), instead of creating nationalistic tendencies around concepts that don’t serve any productive purpose.
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I believe we should pull together too. But there continues to be a deep moral gap in this country. Basically, the labels have been the more you believe in morals you’re considered on the right; no morals or don’t believe in them you’re on the left. Of course, that’s just one issue–but a huge one.
If you have morals you are not in jail,if you don’t have morals you are a criminal.So Paul you think everyone on the left is a criminal?