They can't see it because Left is a referential direction.
They are not measuring themselves from an objective point in space, like a principled stance. They are measuring themselves using themselves as an origin point. This means that anything that moves away from them is moving rightward, anything that moves towards them is moving leftward, even if those things aren't moving.
Old physics lesson: You're on a moving train headed north, and I'm watching you go by:
From my reference point, you are moving northward.
From your reference point, I am moving southward.
This is why Leftism is a philosophy of War. There are no principles, only arguments from power. Every position and principle can be Leftist, and many have been, because the only thing that matters is that they move towards whatever their objective happens to be at a given moment. You can move anywhwere in objective space, by always moving left.
I don't reference the spectrum to both left and right because the Left as an entity exists. The right does not. There is no right. There is only Left and Anti-Left, because the Left is a homogeneous philosophy of War, where as all other political philosophies are dedicated towards explicit principles.
This is why Leftists have contained Emperors, Militarists, Social Conservatives, Queer Revolutionaries, Theocrats, Communists, Monarchies, Anarchists, and all of them are prepared to accept that they are Left wing via the assertion that they are fulfilling (what amounts to) a Hegelian Dialectic of power towards some utopia that they all claim they share.
The political "right", as you can see from here, is comprised of Militarists, Libertarians, Theocrats, Monarchists, Anarchists, Minarchists, Liberals, and more... all keeping each other at arms distance, unified only in their opposition to Leftism, which all of us instantly recognize as a bizarre ideological collective that can take any policy position, rationalize it, and declare it to be Leftist/Revolutionary/Progressive/Modern/Enlightened despite it being a) already a right-wing principle, or b) in direct opposition to current or previously asserted principles.
We aren't in "solidarity" with one another. We just all know that we are all under attack by a purely malevolent force that demands we surrender or die. We don't share a history, lineage, or even moral foundation. The left shares a constantly shifting meta-narrative that is just rationalized for more power.
An objective reference scale based on policies and principles would see all "Rightist" positions generally be stagnant or orbit around specific points. A Leftist ideology will literally move from any point in objective space to another, simply depending upon time or even local political location. They hold no objective positions. All positions are held only for their tactical benefit to a Leftist at a given time and place.
This is exactly what I've been saying!
They can't see it because Left is a referential direction.
They are not measuring themselves from an objective point in space, like a principled stance. They are measuring themselves using themselves as an origin point. This means that anything that moves away from them is moving rightward, anything that moves towards them is moving leftward, even if those things aren't moving.
Old physics lesson: You're on a moving train headed north, and I'm watching you go by:
This is why Leftism is a philosophy of War. There are no principles, only arguments from power. Every position and principle can be Leftist, and many have been, because the only thing that matters is that they move towards whatever their objective happens to be at a given moment. You can move anywhwere in objective space, by always moving left.
I don't reference the spectrum to both left and right because the Left as an entity exists. The right does not. There is no right. There is only Left and Anti-Left, because the Left is a homogeneous philosophy of War, where as all other political philosophies are dedicated towards explicit principles.
This is why Leftists have contained Emperors, Militarists, Social Conservatives, Queer Revolutionaries, Theocrats, Communists, Monarchies, Anarchists, and all of them are prepared to accept that they are Left wing via the assertion that they are fulfilling (what amounts to) a Hegelian Dialectic of power towards some utopia that they all claim they share.
The political "right", as you can see from here, is comprised of Militarists, Libertarians, Theocrats, Monarchists, Anarchists, Minarchists, Liberals, and more... all keeping each other at arms distance, unified only in their opposition to Leftism, which all of us instantly recognize as a bizarre ideological collective that can take any policy position, rationalize it, and declare it to be Leftist/Revolutionary/Progressive/Modern/Enlightened despite it being a) already a right-wing principle, or b) in direct opposition to current or previously asserted principles.
We aren't in "solidarity" with one another. We just all know that we are all under attack by a purely malevolent force that demands we surrender or die. We don't share a history, lineage, or even moral foundation. The left shares a constantly shifting meta-narrative that is just rationalized for more power.
An objective reference scale based on policies and principles would see all "Rightist" positions generally be stagnant or orbit around specific points. A Leftist ideology will literally move from any point in objective space to another, simply depending upon time or even local political location. They hold no objective positions. All positions are held only for their tactical benefit to a Leftist at a given time and place.
What I'm saying is even more significant than that. The whole spectrum itself is false, and an invention of the Left.