[ExI] antiscience from both sides

[Giulio Prisco]

"Often what is seen in the US and Europe is self-identifies Leftists
adopting Right methods — compulsion, hierarchy, and unreason." - well
said!

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 9:01 AM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> That definition would fail for the original usage — given that the Left then was against the governing king. It also doesn’t fit examples of Left anti-authoritarians and of Leftists who work for community empowerment.
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> The Right tends to worship hierarchy, tradition, and obedience.
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> That said, many people are non-ideological or mixed. Often what is seen in the US and Europe is self-identifies Leftists adopting Right methods — compulsion, hierarchy, and unreason.
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> Regards,
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> Dan
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> http://author.to/DanUst
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> On May 4, 2020, at 6:58 PM, Darin Sunley via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> I read a good definition for "left" and "right" that I think holds for both the historical and modern cases.
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> The "left" trusts the government more than their neighbors, especially their "right" neighbors.
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> The "right" trusts their neighbors, even their "left" neighbors, more than the government.
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