A major difference between the right and the left concerns the way each seeks to improve

society.

Conservatives believe that the way to a better society is almost always through the moral

improvement of the individual by each person doing battle with his or her own weaknesses

and flaws.

It is true that an environment and evil society such as fascist, communist or Islamist

tyrannies, the individual must be preoccupied with battling outside forces.

Almost everywhere else though, certainly in a free and decent country such as America,

the greatest battle of the individual must be with inner forces, that is with his or

her moral failings.

The left on the other hand believes that the way to a better society is almost always

through doing battle with society's moral failings.

Thus in America the left concentrates its efforts, on combating sexism, racism, intolerance,

xenophobia, homophobia, Islamophobia and the many other evils that the left believes

permeate American society.

One important consequence of this left right distinction is that those on the left are

far more preoccupied with politics than those on the right.

Since the left is so much more interested in fixing society than in fixing the individual,

politics inevitably becomes the vehicle for societal improvement.

That's why whenever the term activist is used, we almost always assume that the term

refers to someone on the left.

Another consequence of this left right difference is that since conservatives believe society

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