I am a bit wary about folks who say we need to move beyond the Left and Right, and for good reason.
Traditionally, most folks who say, “we are moving beyond the Left and the Right,” or “We are neither Left nor Right,” are typically fascists, often anti-Semites. The Third Positionist movement says it is beyond Left and Right, and it is considered to be a fascist movement. Some folks on the Left begin to harbor a lot of animus towards Jews for whatever reason. They move heavily into pro-Palestinian, pro-Islam and sometimes even nationalist politics. They start to make alliances with all sorts of anti-Semites, including Palestinians, Islamists and various fascist types, often White nationalists or other European nationalists.
The Islamists and European nationalists are usually considered to be rightwingers, so that’s why these folks start talking about moving beyond Left and Right. I have even seen some of these folks convert to Islam and move right into radical hardline Caliphate style Islamism. Others have started to embrace the notion of racial or national homelands for various races or nations.
Despite the fascist taint, I still think this is worthwhile thing to do. It’s insane that if you decide you are on the Right, you are given a list of 500 issues with a rightwing or proper position on every one of them. If you check the Left position on only one of those 500 issues, you will be hounded as a “liberal” until you are thrown out the Right. It doesn’t make a lot of sense. Sane people may choose to be Right or Left on this or that issue. There’s nothing irrational, neurotic or insane about it. It’s really just the normal human thing to do.
Personally I am getting sick and tired of this Right/Left crap, and I think we need to get rid of it. So many folks decide, “I am on the Left,” or “I am on the Right,” then once they decide for one side, they get a checklist of 100-1000 different issue statements and they have to check off every one in order to be on the Right or the Left. Most folks do exactly that. If you refuse to check say one box, then you get hounded out of either the Left or the Right as “not a liberal,” or “not a conservative.”
I have been told countless times that “I am not a Leftist,” and that I am actually a fascist or a reactionary. So I go over to fascist or reactionary sites, and I want to throw up over just about everything I read. I go to Left or liberal sites and like most of it except for some Identity Politics or PC bullshit which to be honest is not a big part of the Left.
I say I am on the Left, and screw everyone who says I am not.
Or maybe we need to start trashing these concepts altogether?
