Yesterday, Vox Day had a post outlining some left/right defining characteristics. At its core, the left-right divide all comes down to the most basic principles. Left = Plato. Anti-Christian. Anti-family. Imperialist. Right = Aristotle. Christian. Pro-family. Nationalist. Much discussion resulted of course, but Darth Dharmakīrti wrote this : I think the heuristic works except for the imperialist/nationalist bit. I think you can have left-wing nationalism and right-wing imperialism. He went on to discuss acceptance or rejection of spiritual authority, which discussion I will leave to Darth, but I wanted to point out that Leftism cannot be sustainably nationalistic. It might - in larval form - be nationalistic but must fairly soon become imperialistic. Because another characteristic of leftism is that it is parasitic . I cannot generate self-sustaining prosperity, it must mine it from other societies. A perfect example of this is everyone's favor...