In defence of the "far right"
There is a dangerous misconception that the political spectrum has communism on the left, and fascism on the right.
This is dangerously wrong and I think it is another trick played by the left in their eternal game of re-defining words and concepts.
After all, what use is a spectrum that puts fascism on the right and communism on the left? Fascism is essentially socialism at the national level while communism aims to spread socialism globally. Surely, to be useful, the political spectrum would need more breadth than two different flavours of socialism whose sole disagreement is how widespread the application of the ideology should be?
For the political spectrum to be of any value, it must encompass the proper range of political thought. This ultimately comes down to the question of how much control you think the government should have over the lives of its citizens.
On one end are those who think there should not be a government, while the other end of the spectrum is populated by those who believe a government can and should exist and have complete control over its population.
Put in this light, the "far right" are simply people who want to build a society of voluntary association and transactions. A society of freedom. Yet the vast majority of people who use the term "far right" are referring to people who seem to have more in common with the national socialists of Germany circa 1940 than people who don't want a government at all.
But it may very well be that the political spectrum has been abused by the leftist language re-definers so much that it is beyond redemption.
You may find it beneficial to explore the history of political thought, in which the spectrum is oriented opposite to your conception.
Anarchism is a left wing philosophy, at least as originally conceived, a subset of socialism. Marxist-Leninism could be considered an aberration, a bastardisation of left wing thought, a contradiction even. Then national socialism is properly right wing.
So, from left to right:
Anarchism
Other socialistic forms
Liberalism
Aristocratic forms
Fascism and national socialism
Monarchism
And then as a contradictory aberration: Leninism and it's descendants.
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