What exactly is the political left and right? In the classical economic sense it is simple to follow: The left wants more state control, regulation and redistribution, and the right wants less of those things. However, increasingly issues that are not strictly economical become part of this divide. To name some examples: it is more right-wing to support a originalist reading of the constitution, and to be against transgender initiatives; and it’s more left-wing to support things like immigration and the environment.
Heterodoxy against the quasi-heterodox: Can the "political spectrum" be multi-dimensional? Some have noted that Europe's political diversity means there are at least 4 different orthogonal, whilst China has at least three. On the side of psychology, there is non-verbal intelligence, dark traits, and non-dark psychopathology, which all 3 can be non-congruent or even near parallel.
Heterodoxy against the quasi-heterodox: Can the "political spectrum" be multi-dimensional? Some have noted that Europe's political diversity means there are at least 4 different orthogonal, whilst China has at least three. On the side of psychology, there is non-verbal intelligence, dark traits, and non-dark psychopathology, which all 3 can be non-congruent or even near parallel.