And reading the first paragraph explains why left-wing/right-wing is not so clear-cut :
"We like free enterprise and tend to favour deregulation and privatisation. But we also like gay marriage, want to legalise drugs and disapprove of monarchy. "
"We like free enterprise and tend to favour deregulation and privatisation. But we also like gay marriage, want to legalise drugs and disapprove of monarchy. "
I suppose it has to to with the self-righteous outlook the group tend to has.
liberal and centre right
>privatisation
liberal and right
>gay marriage
liberal
>legalise drugs
liberal
>disapprove of monarchy
Could be about every ideology. From late fascism, over bolshevism to democracy and anarchism.
Neither of these are IMO (center) left wing stances.
Also I'd like some example why in the world Obama is left wing. He's IMO right to european conservatives.
The moral of the story: "Neither, is the answer". Not because it's left and right at the same time, but because it's simply (mainly) something different than both.
Not in Europe (genrally speaking). Ayn Rand never got any traction over here.