The Left/Right scale is a misleading way of comparing political systems. People use the Left/Right approach out of habit, but it leads to confusion. For example, [[Fascism]] is often placed on the Right and [[Socialism]] on the Left. Yet fascism is [[National Socialist German Workers Party|"National" Socialism]]. Indeed, the left/right scale is just an obsolete reference to the seating arrangement of the French Assembly in the 1790's. <ref>[http://www.lairdwilcox.com/ Beyond Left/Right] | The Left/Right scale is a misleading way of comparing political systems. People use the Left/Right approach out of habit, but it leads to confusion. For example, [[Fascism]] is often placed on the Right and [[Socialism]] on the Left. Yet fascism is [[National Socialist German Workers Party|"National" Socialism]]. Indeed, the left/right scale is just an obsolete reference to the seating arrangement of the French Assembly in the 1790's. <ref>[http://www.lairdwilcox.com/ Beyond Left/Right] |