Political “Left” and “Right” Properly Defined

Defines the political spectrum in terms of essentials, identifying the precise nature of the left and the right.

I’m often asked versions of the following: Given that the political right is so corrupted by conservatives who seek to limit liberty in countless ways, wouldn’t it be better to abandon the language of “left” vs. “right” and adopt new terminology?

My answer is that, because the terms “left” and “right” are already widely used to denote the basic political…