Personally, I'm not a fan of the left/right dichotomy because it lends itself to rigid definitions (Ahm the only true conservative here Dahnald). but I do think there is a little something to it. I always thought that better terms might be "rigidity" and "flexibility" in place of Conservative and Liberal, and even they do lead to some strange conclusions, such as hardline Stalinists being conservative in the context of the post-Stalin USSR. As a whole, I always liked to think of things on that spectrum, or even as "Order vs Chaos" or "Authoritarian vs Libertarian" My anti-authoritarian stance may have something to do with that, and obviously it's imperfect, but name a set up that is.

Libertarianism isn't right-wing.

There are three definitions that have been used for the left-right political spectrum. Cultural conservatism/liberalism (either in the sense of stance on vices and such, or the Burkean sense of standing for or against social change), economic progressivism/liberalism (this definition is only used by the makers of the political compass, who are libleft; and libertarians themselves), and stance on hierarchy (this is the most true-to-history definition, since originally a right-winger was an aristocrat and a left-winger a liberal or whig).

I really think it depends on what perspective is taken. Even in the West, conservatism can mean different things in different countries. Conservatism is the United States is much more right wing than in the United Kingdom or in Germany. Conservatism can even be left wing if the status quo is to maintain a left wing state, as in the Soviet Union before it collapsed. So it really just depends on the position of the country in question. For America, I would say conservatism is to the right, although I would question if many conservative policies are indeed conservative.

erhmmmm we'll fix it. the next couple of weeks it focused on stabiltiy of the product and moderation

im from williamsburg virginia and spend a lot of time in nyc