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The Republican Party of today does a massive disservice to any shred of the concept of a logical and realistic right-wing opinion.
And even then, the ideals depend heavily on the system functioning properly. Honestly a properly functioning right-wing state could be as good or better for individual freedom and security than a properly-functioning true socialist state.
However, I think it takes a hell of a lot of faith in the right-wing system to even get close to something fair and functional in the real world.
What's the function of banning books, removing women's rights to bodily autonomy, removing individual rights of transgender people, electing a fraud and rapist president, and pushing christian facism in a " properly functioning right-wing state"?
That’s the thing. Today’s Republican Party is not a right wing party. They christofascists that hijacked the Republican party’s platform, propaganda machines, and now, leadership.
It’s been a gentle decline since the 80s, then Sarah Pain got a platform right alongside McCain and the whole thing fell right into the deep end.
Who would’ve thought that the two people most detrimental to the fall of modern society would be Ralph Nader and Sarah Palin.
Everything you described is right wing. Christofascism is right wing.
It’s a No True Scotsman kind of thing…but I wouldn’t consider anything the christofascists say or do to be aligned with right-wing principles (limited government, personal autonomy, “golden rule” type stuff).
Government banning anything, whether it be books or gay marriage or abortions, would not fly under a true right wing government, because banning anything requires enforcement (which requires a larger government) and a breach of personal autonomy.
That's not what right-wing means. Right-wing is Capitalist, and associated with entrenching and upholding hierarchy.
Limited government cannot exist in a right wing environment, Capitalism requires a state. That's why all Anarchism is leftist.
I see you haven’t heard of ancaps.
I've heard, it's just not Anarchism.
What if those aren't examples of a properly functioning right-wing state?
They sound more theocracy based. From your examples in order: