Comments by "Akira Nakamoto (中本 明)" (@AkiraNakamoto) on "Left vs. Right: Education | Left vs. Right" video.
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I think Thomas Sowell's Conflict of Visions did a better job than the video.
In my opinion, Sowell's "Unconstrained Vision" roughly refers to the left, and "Constrained Vision" the right.
People with Unconstrained Vision: Ultimately they believe that man is morally perfectible. Because of this, they believe that there exists some people who are further along the path of moral development, have overcome self-interest and are immune to the influence of power and therefore can act as surrogate decision-makers for the rest of society.
The keyword is "surrogate", which is the center piece of all schemes crafted by the left.
Nowadays the "surrogate" is normally the socialist government.
Based on Sowell's notion, Rudyard Lynch (@Whatifalthist) has a list to compare Left with Right:
The Left:
1. Humans are perfectible.
2. Good people in power can save the world.
3. The future is all progress.
4. The only real things are materially what you see.
5. Inequality (mainly) comes from oppression.
6. Everyone is a blank slate which are socialized.
7. Cultural differences are arbitrary and can easily be transcended.
8. Tradition holds us back.
9. It's wrong to judge someone by their results.
10. You have loyalty to all humanity, not your people.
The Right:
1. Humans are inherently flawed.
2. Power corrupts.
3. It's possible to degrade back into barbarism.
4. There is a God.
5. Inequality is normal.
6. Races, classes and the sexes are genetically different.
7. Cultural differences are important.
8. Tradition is valuable even if we don't understand why.
9. You can assess things by competency.
10. You have loyalty to your group over others.
You can match a Leftist with something in the list of "The Left". For example, let the government take over the education, this matches #2 in the list of "The Left".
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