I don't think the political spectrum is in any way well defined - you can come up with left- or right-sounding justifications for pretty much any specific polic

I don't think the political spectrum is in any way well defined - you can come up with left- or right-sounding justifications for pretty much any specific policy you care to, and if you look back across the decades or to different countries, you can make left or right mean anything you want. The only consistency is that the left pretends to care about the poor, while the right pretends to be competent.