Part of the confusion is that people sometimes misunderstand what all of these terms mean.
Conservative= Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
Progressive= Open to or favoring new ideas, policies, or methods.
Collectivist= Someone who belives in the political theory that the people should own the means of production.
Individualist= Someone who believes in the doctrine advocating freedom from government regulation in the pursuit of a person’s economic goals.
Right wing= The conservative or reactionary faction of politics.
Left wing= The liberal or radical faction of politics.
Liberal= Someone who adheres to the political doctrine that takes protecting and enhancing the freedom of the individual to be the central problem of politics
Democrat= Someone who believes in social equality or discounts distinctions in rank.
Republican= Someone who adheree to the political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
I don’t believe that collectivists necessarily want to seize the means of production but rather want people to see themselves as a part of a society first and foremost as opposed to the idea of individualism.
I think they’re on a separate spectrum from capitalist/communist and progressive/conservative though obviously some are more closely tied to one another.
Part of the confusion is that people sometimes misunderstand what all of these terms mean.
I don’t believe that collectivists necessarily want to seize the means of production but rather want people to see themselves as a part of a society first and foremost as opposed to the idea of individualism.
I think they’re on a separate spectrum from capitalist/communist and progressive/conservative though obviously some are more closely tied to one another.