The Difference Between Left and Right
December 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Left vs Right (World) : I really enjoyed this huge graphic describing the supposed differences between people on the left side of the political spectrum, and people on the right. Try as I might, I can’t make a case that it portrays either side better than the other.
December 28th, 2009 at 10:38 am (#)
Definitely some loaded terms here.
1) From the “votes for” box for liberals:
“Helping those who cannot help themselves” — Right, that’s why they tend to support abortion(?)
2) Summary quotes from the Society & Culture box at top: “the world can be improved” (liberals) vs. “the world is fine as it is” (conservative) seems like a gross oversimplification that clearly makes the liberal appear more noble. Both sides seek to improve the world, methinks, but obviously have different core values.
Like you, I see myself adopting elements from both sides. But I’m fairly certain the graphic was created by liberal-leaners, which of course is not surprising. It seems that within the web development community, liberals vastly outnumber conservatives.