Basic Differences Between Left and Right
Popular nationwide talk radio host Dennis Prager has published a very handy Guide to Basic Differences Between Left and Right. Here are the highlights:
Economic Goal
Left: equality
Right: prosperity
Most Important Trait to Cultivate in a Child
Left: self-esteem
Right: self-control
Primary Source of Crime
Left: poverty, racism and other societal flaws
Right: the criminal’s malfunctioning conscience
American Exceptionalism
Left: chauvinistic doctrine
Right: historical reality
Greatest Threat to the World
Left: environmental catastrophe (currently global warming)
Right: evil (currently radical Islamist violence)
Primary Reason for Lack of Peace in Middle East
Left: Israeli settlements in the West Bank
Right: Palestinian, Arab and Muslim denial of Jewish state’s right to exist
Purpose of Art
Left: challenge status quo and bourgeois sensibilities
Right: produce works of beauty and profundity to elevate the individual and society
Race
Left: intrinsically significant
Right: intrinsically insignificant
Racial, Ethnic and Gender Diversity at Universities
Left: most important
Right: far less important than ideological diversity
Black America’s Primary Problem
Left: racism
Right: lack of fathers
Hate
Left: wrong, except when directed at the political
Right: wrong, except when directed at evil
Cultures
Left: all equal
Right: some are better than others
America’s Founding Fathers
Left: rich white male slave owners
Right: great men who founded the greatest society
View of Illegal Immigrants
Left: welcomed guests
Right: illegal immigrants
Peter Zeller is Director of Operations at Center of the American Experiment.