Check out this great interview regarding left v right (liberal v conservative): https://salemcenter.org/podcast/policy-at-mccombs/the-myth-of-left-and-right-caplan-and-hanson-interview-the-lewis-brothers/

Very strong arguments that left v right is completely non-sensical. Mostly just a hodge podge collection of individual issue positions that people try to apply a liberal v conservative justification to after the fact.

Agree 💯 that Libertarian v Statist is definitely more useful and relevant. Here there is a clear philosophical basis for each, from which individual issue positions follow.