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Originally Posted by roughbeast
Perhaps this bi-axis overview of the Left / Right / Libertarian / Authoritarian conundrum will help you out. You do seem to struggle with impartiality on this subject.
Where would you place yourself on this chart? I would place myself towards the bottom left corner of the left/libertarian quadrant. Communists would, I suppose, be well inside the left authoritarian quadrant. Adolf, (despite the deliberately misnamed National Socialist Party), would be well into the right/authoritarian quadrant. Where might we place Cameron, May, Corbyn, Bernie Sanders or Obama. We all know where we can stick Trump!! 
For your own entertainment, rather than scientific enlightenment, you can test yourself for placement on the chart.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/ |
I would place myself higher on the liberal axis and slightly to the left of the left/right axis. However I don't think that contradicts what I said. My objection is the idea left = liberal when you rightly point out that it doesn't. At least not automatically.