Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria.

The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

- Robert A. Heinlein

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Yes. The left-right political spectrum is inadequate for capturing the complexity of political ideologies. A more accurate classification would be to distinguish between individualism and collectivism.