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To me, liberalism is a spirit of accepting others and that there is no one-size-fits-all solution.

Leftism wants a one-size-fits-all solution based on equality, which is a proxy for individualism.

Monarchy takes the opposite view, which is social hierarchy based on opportunity/reward and duty/privileges, not equality/conformity.

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I've never really understood what "leftism" is supposed to mean. By your definition, it seems to be a bit of a misnomer, because it's not something people on the left tend to support. The enforced one-size-fits-all is more something you see among conservatives: conform, don't stick out, don't be different.Monarchy takes the opposite view, which is social hierarchy based on opportunity/reward and duty/privileges, not equality/conformity.

Conformity to the hierarchy, surely? People need to know their place and stick to it.

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≠ 2y ago

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Leftism means egalitarianism. That accelerates over time toward something like Full Communism, i.e. warlords who do favors in a distributarian society.

Conservatives emphasize right ways of doing things; their weakness is that they assume this is universal, their strength is that they produce social hierarchy based on competence and character.

It is not conformity to have a place in a hierarchy; conformity is the mob of identical individualists.

≠ 2y ago

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Generally, per Haidt and other sources:

* Leftism = individualism

* Conservatism = order

Conservatives believe in an order higher than the individual, so aim toward social order as well as fairness, justice, inclusion, etc.