The True Left-Right Paradigm

Three Leftists and one Rightist. Big, Collectivist Government versus tiny government. Images: Hitler and Mussolini, June 1940 by Eva Braun; Stalin, 1945 by US Army Signal Corps; portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart. All Public Domain.

Consider the idea that liars will only tell the truth when it serves their purposes. So, it should not surprise us when one group which is far more evil than its opposition will tell the world how great they themselves are and how evil is their opposition. To expect anything else from a liar would be an extreme of naiveté.

Or would it?

Consider this wrinkle: Those who are evil gain the power to define both sides—with the end result one of attracting certain opposing personality types to each end of the dichotomy. Thus, such a carefully-crafted definition can be used as a weapon to divide a society—to fracture it on purpose. Why do this? To gain more power.

Chaos creates opportunities to shift the balance of power radically. The Russian Revolution near the end of World War I is a perfect example of this.

The terms “Left” and “Right” came to us from the aftermath of the French Revolution. The freedom-loving mob were on the Left, and the orderly aristocrats were on the Right.

In the late 1800s, Socialism was considered “sophisticated” Leftism. Ironically, moving into the 20th century, some very prominent industrialists voiced their admiration for Communism or Socialism, including the western financiers who backed the Russian Revolution. This included the Rockefellers who liked the fact that popular movements could be manipulated to gain more power.

The British royal family and big business tycoons admired Fascist Mussolini and Nazi Adolph Hitler, remarking that their brand of Socialism seemed efficient and worthy of support.

In fact, during World War 2, Prescott Bush and the bank for which he worked were caught aiding the enemy—Nazi Germany. Remarkably, they were never convicted or even tried for treason. Prescott’s son and grandson each went on to become president of these United States.

During the confirmation hearings for the nomination of Nelson Rockefeller as vice president, one congressman asked about the fact that one of Rockefeller’s companies aided the enemy, the North Vietnamese. Curiously, after Rockefeller pleaded ignorance, the question was never pursued, and the potential treason was swept under the carpet.

The late David Rockefeller bragged in his Memoirs that he had conspired for decades against the best interests of these United States. He was proud of his treason. As a Globalist-Leftist, he viewed the United States as an impediment to the far more desirable and sophisticated One World Government, like the United Nations—an organization which the Rockefeller family helped to establish, even donating some of their Manhattan land for the UN international headquarters.

Leftists don’t like to admit that they had anything to do with Nazis and Fascists, even though their behavior and goals were amazingly similar to those of other Leftist groups. So, Leftist academics and unwitting Rightist scholars placed Nazis and Fascists on the Right. That’s like Ukrainians placing Uncle Joe Stalin on their Christmas shopping list, even after the starvation pogrom which killed millions of their fellow countrymen.

A New Definition for the Left-Right Paradigm



Rightist and American Constitutional Conservative, Thomas Sowell. Photo: © Uncommon Knowledge.

How do we achieve a definition which looks more like reality and helps to clarify, rather than muddy the waters?

American Conservative writer, Thomas Sowell, examined the confusion over Left vs. Right and came to the following conclusion: “By contrast, the vision of the left is one of surrogate decision-making by those presumed to have not only superior knowledge but sufficient knowledge, whether these surrogates are political leaders, experts, judges or others. This is the vision that is common to varying degrees on the political left, whether radical or moderate, and common also to totalitarians, whether Communist or Fascist” (Intellectuals and Society, 2nd Ed).

Sowell adds this warning to Democrats: “Democratic versions of collective surrogate decision-making by government choose leaders by votes and tend to leave more areas outside the purview of government. However, the left seldom has any explicit principle by which the boundaries between government and individual decision-making can be determined, so that the natural tendency over time is for the scope of government decisionmaking to expand, as more and more decisions are taken successively from private hands, since government officials constantly have incentives to expand their powers while the voters’ attention is not constantly focussed on maintaining limits on those powers.”

With this wisdom in mind, it seems that the following simplifications can be made regarding the Left-Right paradigm.

Far Left =
100% government; 0% personal liberty and responsibility
Far Right =
0% government; 100% personal liberty and responsibility

This goes for all dimensions of a society—economic, political and even legal.

This new definition fits virtually everything very well. If there are any discrepancies, they likely indicate a flaw in the prior paradigm and its definitions. For instance, White Supremacists are frequently placed on the “far right,” but their behavior is one of tyrannical abuse of some minorities—which is purely Leftist behavior, very similar to the Nazi brownshirts rounding up Jews, or the Fascist blackshirts brutalizing their opposition.

When we view current events from this new perspective, we start to see things we never before realized.

For one thing, every agency, bureau, department and regulation of the federal government, in these United States of America, that is not mentioned in the Constitution or its amendments, is illegal! The 10th Amendment makes this abundantly clear. But understanding that the Left is driven by fear and lies, helps us see more clearly how we could go for over a century and a half with such blatant criminality hiding in plain sight. The Left loves Big Government; the True Right loves tiny government and trusts the individual to do the responsible thing.

If only politicians had obeyed the Primary Law of the land—the Constitution—we would never have needed Civil Service protections which guaranteed the creation of our current Deep State Swamp. A tiny, Constitutional government could have been wiped clean every four years.

Right-wing, President Trump, fighting the Leftist, Deep State Swamp. Cartoon: © Ben Garrison.

Globalist-Leftists are clever in tricking others into adopting fake “solutions” to the problems which they, themselves have created. A perfect example of this involves the 9/11 tragedy and the un-Patriot Act which followed within days of the event. That document had been months in preparation (reference: Favorable Incompetence: Shining a Light on 9/11).

Another example involves term limits. After Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to the presidency for his fourth term, some complained that career politicians only make things worse. While there can be some truth to this, the number of terms served by any politician is never the problem. The corruption of the individual politician and the poor education of the voters are the main problem. A good politician should be kept in office forever, if he or she so desired. Globalist-Leftists, with their billions in personal prosperity, from their ownership of multinational corporations, can afford to fill the pipeline with corrupt politicians. Term limits solve nothing and only create an illusion of “solutions,” with more bloat at the federal level.

One of the surest ways to thwart the lies of the Left is to ensure that the citizenry become experts on critical thinking skills. This means actually teaching how to think in school, rather than what to think. And this strategy is the basis of the new Infinity Dynamics University project, currently in development.

Capitalism, Corporations and Leftism



The symbol of Leftist Capitalism, the Wall Street bull, with a Wall Street sign. Photos: #3112617_1920 by ArtTower (Bull); #264381_1920 by HarpsAndFlowers. Both (CC0) Pixabay.

One of the largest ironies of our modern world involves the Leftists’ hatred for “capitalism.” Capital is a tool. It can be used by anyone and for any purpose—good, bad or ugly.

Communist China has used capital to revitalize and to grow its economy. It has used capital to trap unwitting, 3rd World nations into econo-political servitude. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has even used their capital to create oppressive systems to spy on and to control their citizens, like in a very real form of Orwell’s 1984.

In America, Leftist Capitalists push for Big Government and more regulations for their own industry. Why would a corporation welcome more regulations? Because the big guys have the cash to create the departments required to manage such regulations. The small, Free Market Capitalist competition don’t have that luxury.

So, one big giveaway on whether or not a corporation is Leftist or Rightist, involves the degree with which they desire more Big Government. Leftist Capitalists do; Free Market Capitalists don’t; and Leftist Capitalists hate Free Market Capitalists.

Adding to this clarity, we see that the greatest abusers of their capital—the big corporations which destroy lives and pay tiny fines for their crimes—are the ones most hated by Leftists. And yet, these are the Leftist Capitalists.

Even more clarity can be gained by realizing that ALL publicly-traded corporations are Leftist Capitalists by definition. Their Articles of Incorporation and their public offering ensure this is the case. Every corporate officer in a publicly-traded company has a fiduciary duty to increase shareholder profits by any means possible. If breaking the law creates a scandal that lowers shareholder profits, then such criminality is frowned upon. But if a crime can be committed for which there are only tiny fines compared to the huge profits, then shareholders will cheer the outcome. The brazen criminality of Wall Street firms which led to the stock market crash of 1929 is one example. Another is the egregious greed of Wall Street which led to the 2008 housing bubble, making bankers far more rich, while jail time for their crimes was never mentioned. Could it be because the Big News Corporations are owned by the same people who own Wall Street?

Add to this irony the fact that tiny Iceland laughed at the American claim that the bankers were “too big to fail.” Icelanders jailed their bankers without hesitation.

Some privately-owned corporations are also Leftists, but at least the private variety of company has a choice whether or not to become evil. The collectivist (public) versions don’t have that luxury.