Left vs Right doesn't seem like a very helpful distinction to me here (but then I don't think it's a very useful way of looking at politics in general in the mo

Left vs Right doesn't seem like a very helpful distinction to me here (but then I don't think it's a very useful way of looking at politics in general in the modern world either). The personal politics of some of the founding figures is perhaps helpful to understand the history but I don't think it's necessarily that useful in understanding the movements today.