Left-Right Dichotomy


 * Political
 * Big Government v. Small government
 * Anti-liberty v. Pro-liberty
 * Collectivism v. Individualism
 * Pro-revolution v. Anti-revolution


 * Economic
 * Interventionism v. Laissez-faire
 * Pro-regulation v Anti-regulation
 * Anti-Business v. Pro-Business
 * Pro-trade union v. Anti-trade union
 * Pro-redistribution v. Anti-redistribution
 * Pro-wealth tax v. Anti-wealth tax
 * Nationalisation v. Privatisation
 * Pro-welfare v. Anti-welfare
 * Pro-minimum wage v. Anti-minimum wage


 * Environment
 * Anti-nuclear energy v. Pro-nuclear energy


 * Social
 * Social "progress" v. Traditional morality
 * Blended family v. Traditional family
 * Anti-divorce v. Pro-divorce
 * Republicanism v. Monarchy
 * Anti-imperial v. Pro-Empire
 * Military isolationism v. Foreign military involvement
 * Pro-EU v. Anti-EU
 * Pacifism v. Pro-army
 * Anti-nuclear weapons v. Pro-nuclear weapons
 * Anti-private school v. Pro-private school
 * Pro-immigration v. Anti-immigration
 * Pro-multiculturalism v. Anti-multiculturalism
 * Anti-law & order v. Pro-law & order
 * Anti-capital punishment v. Pro-capital punishment
 * Anti-discipline in schools v. Pro-discipline in schools
 * Pro-drug legalisation v. Anti-drug legalisation
 * Pro-political correctness v. Anti political correctness

L Cahoone Left-Right Economic Spectrum

 * 8 - Marxist-Leninist communism
 * 7 - Socialism with low-level free market
 * 6 - State capitalism (Communism with Chinese characteristics) / Fascism
 * 5 - Social Democracy
 * 4 - Trade unions / welfare
 * 3 - Economic nationalism (tariffs)
 * 2 - 1800s Laissez-faire
 * 1 - Libertarianism

He claims that #8 and #1 have never existed -- surely #8 did?