Left vs Right

In my book review of A Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (scroll down):

An idea from Adam Michnik, the Polish dissident, found in Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001) by Christopher Hitchens—an idea that the anti-theist journalist Hitchens said changed his life—that it isn’t about left vs. right…that the real difference is between those that do, and those that do not, think that the citizen is, or should be, the property of the state.

When I was a kid I always got right and left mixed up because some very helpful adult told me that left was the side where your thumb and pointer finger looked like an “L” only I always held my hands facing the wrong way.

My left eye is smaller than my right eye.

There is no such thing as the political left and the political right. You've been duped.

gather.com

The goal of political parties is to pray on the laziness and ignorance of the public in order to achieve its primary mission: More power. In any scenario in which organizations are in competition for the attention and resources of people, it benefits those vying for such attention to ensure the options are limited. This is true for all organizations and political groups are no different …

Beyond Left and Right: It's about Reailty

huffingtonpost.com

A surprisingly insightful article by Peter S. Goodman. In the age of hyper-partisan politics and reactionary media, this is a good read for anyone who doesn’t quite understand what all the bickering is about.

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