It's not as simple as left vs. right. Authoritarianism can build a power base on either. Those who reject authoritarianism still have the paradox of tolerance

It's not as simple as left vs. right. Authoritarianism can build a power base on either. Those who reject authoritarianism still have the paradox of tolerance and tyranny of the minority to deal with. Those who band together have more power than individuals. Those who use their power to gain more followers gain more power. Eventually it doesn't really matter what they're selling, because absent any other forces, the majority will buy it. What needs fixing is human nature on a majority scale, and no one's figured out how to do that. It's a bit like geoengineering: we can hack it a bit in the short term, but the longer-term consequences are still beyond our comprehension/attention span. And besides, whose 'fix' would we trust... 'Be excellent towards one another' is probably the best guidance we'll get. Enforcing that? Well, then we need definitions and rules and people exploiting them.