The Difference between the Alt-Right and the Alt-Left

So there's a large problem in American culture right now. There appears to be a large amount of violence related to racial issues, related to economic issues, related to cultural issues, and related to nationalistic issues. On one side you have the alt-right, a group composed of white nationalists, fascists, and other historically "right-wing" groups. On the other you have socialist groups, antifa, and BLM.

Step back.

Blur your vision. Drown out the details and the nit-picks, focus on the generalities.

What is the real difference between these groups? Is it ideology?Ideologically speaking, both groups seem to be heavily collectivist, and are fans of the in-group, the "In-group" being white people and western culture from the alt-right, and the "In-group" being non-white people and other aspects of western culture in the alt-left. The alt-right has national socialistic tendencies, while the alt-left is just regular socialist, but there's not that much difference between those two positions, not really. Stalin was a bastard just the same as Hitler was.

Not too different there, just differences in which side of the racial/cultural coin they're on.

Is it possibly differences in goals?

Both seem to want heavier state control over the economy, the alt-right focusing on protectionism and the alt-left focusing on general welfare. Most people on the alt-right would agree with many of the things the alt-left pushes for, as a general principle, and vice versa.

If you really get down to it, the difference between these two groups is obvious:

Aesthetic.

Yes. Vaporwave aesthetic. Both groups are putting back race relations by decades. Both groups are collectivists who don't think in terms of the individual, but in terms of the group. Both think violence is acceptable against those who disagree, either via "Punch a nazi" or that guy in the Dodge. Both groups stoke the flames of hatred.

But most Americans aren't in either group.

This is a subreddit for those of us who are fucking normal. We don't dislike people based on features of their birth that they have no control over and have basically no real impact on who they are as a person, we judge them not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. We might like aspects of our own culture, and wish to share them with others, but we don't look down on others and their culture. We'll happily eat sushi if it tastes good, regardless of whether or not it is "authentic".We're not alt. Fuck the alt.So please, subscribe. Then submit something to let us know how you prefer a world where people didn't hate each other for stupid reasons.

Originally posted in the subreddit /r/FuckTheAlt by me, JobDestroyer.