Commentary
Much of the current commentary on North American politics is still couched—too much so—within the old left-right-centre conceptualization of political ideology and parties.
The Biden Democrats in the United States and the Trudeau Liberals in Canada both denounce their principal opponents as “right-wing extremists.” Conservatives in both countries accuse their federal governments of “catering to the left” far too often. Political “moderates” in both counties claim to be representing an ever-shifting, ill-defined “centre” whose distinguishing feature is that it is “neither left nor right.” And political pundits of all stripes continue to overuse the terms of left, right, and centre despite their declining relevance….