| If the conservative right can be considered in the defense of the status quo, and the liberal left in favor of progressive policies, then it's definitely split along those lines for capitalism/communism.
The status quo is a system where a small elite are profiting by the fact that the vast majority is more busy fighting amongst itself to notice that it's being manipulated and used. Even now American workers are blaming the undervalued Chinese Yuan for our recession - why? Because it serves the very people who benefit from cheap Chinese labor: The contributors and candidates of the Republican party. Distraction is good. Anything that allows for them to keep their wealth is a good thing, even if it means voting in a tax cut favoring the wealthy, starting a war on spurious means, and blaming immigration for domestic woes during a considerable economic downturn in this country. It's no surprise that we're heading towards another class war.
Progressive policies mostly involve a redistribution of the ever-increasing disparity of wealth, under a host of different titles - 'Welfare State' being one of them. It is not far from the truth to say that Communism is a culmination from radical left policies, and capitalism is now what is considered the right wing, since dictatorships and the monarchy is definitely out of favor in most post-industrial countries.
The problem is the public view of communism - that of an enclosed, repressive regime that is paranoid about reprisals and military encounters. Nobody ever cares to note that this may be because of all the nuclear-tipped ICBMs that America loves to point at countries the instant they become communist; not to mention America's lack of reasoning that a lot of communist revolutions are in many ways nationalist revolutions in search of self-determination. If nations were people, then it should be obvious that hitting a child constantly during his infancy and childhood will make him a nervous, emotional wreck for a great deal of his life - a danger to himself and a burden for others.
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |