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> You’re arguing for a left-right continuum that’s purely theoretical, not based on the current limits of the Overton window. I don’t believe this is how such terms are understood. More on that later.
Not purely theoretical at all, very much tangible, and very much applies accurately historically and across nations
> You seem to be defining the left as supporting government control of the economy.
No, I said nothing about economy, nor does the control have to come from centralized governemnet.. What I said is that the left always wants to mitigate natural power dynamics from forming where power accumulates too much in a central place. In some cases that means government regulation, but even then we arent talking strictly economy. But in the case of anarchists then it isnt mitigated by government control at all, in fact the government is the very central power being avoided in that case, but its still about avoiding central power in one form or another.
> But right-wing, even fascist, governments have often taken direct economic control, particularly in wartime (and right-wing nations can be at war continually).
Yup, which lines up with what I said, that the right is ok with power accumulating in a centralized place (in this case the government taking over complete control).
> Again, I don’t believe this is how such terms are understood.
How the terms are "understood"... I agree.. it is how the term clearly has been used, whether it was known or not. The way I defined the terms lines up perfectly with all historic examples that have self described themselves ont he left or right, so its a good definition historically.
> The UK’s anti-gun policies would be considered fringe in America.
So? As I already stated what is fringe is completely relative.. what is center is not.
> Where is the center? The US center? The UK center? And that’s just for one issue.
There is only one center, the UK center and the US center are the same. Center is a point, not a range... "moderate" is a range. How big of a range moderate encompass is entirely relative... the point at which the center exists is not.
