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Praxius's avatar

It's becoming increasingly evident that the Right and Left are founded upon two diametrically opposed metaphysical presuppositions which influence the philosophical semantics that inform the two political positions.

The Right *affirms* Reality and wants to operate properly according to it's designs, the Left *denies* that Reality can be affirmed and employs a humanist/emotionalist utilitarianism to construct a moral baseline and then tries to cram Reality into being in conformity with this arbitrary standard, even if the metaphysical and practical components of Reality work in the opposite direction.

So the standard definition of "good" is taken on two different registers which is why the Left and Right can never agree; for the Left, "good" is that which makes the most people feel negative emotions the least, and for the Right, "good" is that which is in conformity with Reality and its designatory natures, regardless of emotional outcomes.

VampyricNoonistGroyper's avatar

Surprised that the avg guy on the right is delusional enough to need to hear this this late in a decade long international cold war. But I'll take what we have to work with. To truly realize opposition to this regime requires a radical re-education. I too had to take my first steps.

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