[higgmeister]

“We often read that the old categories of “left” and “right” have become irrelevant.”

That is of the linear liberal mentality that equates left with Marx and right with Mussolini. With their pea-brains they think the opposite of Stalin was Hitler, yet Conservatives and libertarians understand that both are equally evil Socialism.

Stalin, Mao, Castro and Pol Pot oppressed the individual citizenry through Socialism in the name of the people, whereas Hitler, Mussolini and Franco oppressed the individual citizenry through Socialism in the name of the Nation. It is no coincidence that USSR and NAZI both have the word socialist in their full names.

Individual Freedom is the natural opposite of Socialism.

[dsc]

“That is of the linear liberal mentality that equates left with Marx and right with Mussolini.”

My linear model ranges from Satan on the leftmost extreme to God on the rightmost.