Me after creating a meme and starting a political debate on memes sub "what have i done".I HATE MY CREATION for the record.
In Empire (aka USA) as there is no true opposition, they're the same picture, the same lobbyists and so on
You can just make up a name for whoever you don't like and use it to dehumanize them. "Lib" is a popular stand-in when you don't have even a tenuous grasp of global politics.
Don't ask, don't tell?
Might be relevant here: https://www.podcast.de/episode/619883332/089-the-myth-of-left-and-right-a-conversation-with-prof-hyrum-lewis
English episode of german podcast
It is better to conceptualize political allegiance by which ideology they support: socialism, social capitalism, liberal capitalism, or fascist capitalism.
Trump and the republicans are right winged. Biden and democrats are the left.
A dumb and sort of wrong version would be:
~~Politically Left: "Society combine for everyone", Politically Right: "Freedom for everyone at all cost"~~
Unfortunately, left and right are rather coarse terms within the political spectrum. Consider looking for some easy explanations to understand the finer details.
Fun Fact: The emergence of the "left" / "right" distinction in the political sense is attributed to the original seating arrangement at the Constituante, the constituent national assembly of 1789 in France.
EDIT: I hate talking about political stuff. Never a correct answer and every word is scrutinized. I hate it.
You are right about most points, but the right is not and never was about freedom, but about cementing a hierarchical order in society.
It used used to be about Aristocrats in France.
Today it is about keeping the rich in power and by extension to rile poor people against even poorer people (often immigrants).
If you look at politics through that lense so many more things start to make sense.
Old money hates new money.
Right wing middle class people hate poor people.
Right wing poor people hate immigrants.
They want to look down on somebody.
Left wing = people I like
Right wing = people I associate with my high school bullies