Leftism is opposition to unjust hierarchy, yes, while rightism is entrenching it. Monarchism and Feudalism are right wing, as is Capitalism, as is fascism.

The basis of Socialism is of removing the unjustifiable hierarchy of the Worker/Owner divide. The basis of Communism is going even further and removing the statist element as well. Anarchism is additionally fully leftist.

Fence-sitting is appealing because many people benefit by supporting the status quo, or are ill-informed.

Everyone does this, it’s not unusual, but the consequences of doing so is naturally a leftist outcome. Leftism isn’t a random direction, with unrelated and disparate views, nor is rightism. Leftism is a selection of coherent and synchronous solutions to sets of problems using the same logical framework of analysis.

Leftism isn’t about “sticking to one train of thought,” and that’s a very myopic view of political ideologies in general.

That’s far too naive. All that will do is entrench liberalism, which is extremely weak against fascism rising.

Appealing to some vague sense of “Human Nature” is a naturalistic fallacy, whether or not something is natural does not make it better or worse.

Secondly, hierarchy usually presents itself in unjustifiable manners, such as the Capitalist/Worker hierarchy, which Socialism abolishes. These can be replaced with democratically appointed representatives, or with direct democracy itself, both of which are less hierarchical.

I literally quoted you.

I’ve heard, it’s just not Anarchism.

Voting for racists makes you racist, yes. Republican politics are anti-minority, whether thay be sex, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, or otherwise.

It’s really that simple.

“The far-right isn’t shooting anyone. It’s an ideology.”

Yes, it’s an ideology that is inherently violent, unlike the far-left.

What, exactly, did I misinterpret?

Communism is a Stateless, Classless, Moneyless society. You’re thinking of Socialist states that tried to work towards eventually achieving Communism. Far left politics is about collective ownership, not necessarily state ownership.

Worker ownership and collective ownership are basically the same thing. Worker Ownership of a factory would look like all of the workers sharing equal ownership of said factory.

He directly stated what he was going to do before hand.

They are not still both Socialism, that’s why Social Democracies are Social Democracies and not Socialist Democracies.

It’s not semantics, I’m just really not a fan of people that are so confidently wrong.

Yea, I don’t think I’d get along with someone who is adamant about redefining words just to fit a bourgeois narrative, and take away from Proletarian struggles.

Sure. I agree with that. That’s not what you were originally saying, but if you’re retracting the initial and inserting this statement, we agree.

Young people swing liberal, or even left. That doesn’t mean the left is majority youth, or that leftism is what is tied to not voting, as opposed to youth.

I genuinely don’t understand why this is a difficult logical hurdle for you to overcome.

Social safety nets are not Worker Ownership of the Means of Production. You don’t need a wall of text. Bourgeois bastardizations and attempts to redefine Socialism to fit nicely into Capitalism are just that, bastardizations.

Additionally, there’s no such thing as a Responsible Capitalist. They are not advocating for the same things as Market Socialists, who seek to establish Worker Co-operatives, rather than “ethical” Capitalist institutions (which again, do not exist).

All in all, I’m just not a fan of people like you taking established, well-defined terms and corrupting them for personal use.

That’s not a more extreme stance, that’s just a more violent stance. Extremism doesn’t mean violence.

It’s not an opinion, it’s the definition of right and left.

1. You have not proven this.

2. You have proven this.

Even if you did prove 1, you still aren’t tying not voting to leftists, but young people.

Where I am, there is no left parry, just 2 right wing parties. The actual left is still firmly pro-privacy and pro-security in the hands of individuals.

Who is anti-pronoun? What are you even talking about?

I think it takes a great deal of mental health issues to self-immolate, no matter how good the cause, but that doesn’t change the fact that this airman died in protest of genocide.