The third right that is coming to light in the West with the Russian invasion of Ukraine

@ElentirENG ES 3·27·2022 · 20:04 0

When it comes to dealing with the political map, there is a great tendency to simplify things, when in reality ideological pluralism is full of nuances.

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For the left, everything beyond its limits is plain and simple "fascism", without more. It is a very foolish and false vision of reality, which does not seek anything other than to instill fear in those who disagree. But what is that reality? The very fact of calling everything that is not left "right" gives rise to a lot of confusion, because the erroneous idea can be transmitted that there are common denominators in that negative space that is left by the otherwise diffuse limits of the left itself (limits within which one could fit that nationalist socialism that is fascism).

The first right

Within that very broad thing and that we could call "right" only to simplify something very complete (with which we already start from an unstable base), we could talk about three great currents that have diffuse spaces between them (and not in a linear way, since some families have common elements as if they divided a circular space). The first right is what we could call, in a broad sense, the "conservative right", a current based on the Christian roots of the West, which defends democracy as a system of participation that requires moral values to survive, which is geopolitically Atlanticist and is not at odds with liberalism (in its midst would be, among others, liberal-conservatives). The right is more willing to give the ideological battle to the left.

The second right

On the other hand, the second right is an increasingly eroded form of the first, which has gradually detached itself from Christian values to embrace relativistic approaches. It is an increasingly progressive right, which prefers to call itself centrist and feels more comfortable agreeing with the left than with the first right, in a vain attempt to prevent socialists and communists from branding it as "fascist". This right is also Atlanticist and is not at odds with liberalism either, but is increasingly in contradiction with it, as it gradually assumes progressive dogmas and social democratic recipes. Unlike the first, the second right has practically deserted from the ideological battle against the left, and whether out of fear, laziness or opportunism, it is giving in to the dogmas of the left.

The third right

Finally, there is a third right that has existed for a long time, but which had become somewhat marginal, at least in Spain. The pandemic, first, but above all the Russian invasion of Ukraine has ended up bringing it to light. The third right has some things in common with the first, such as its appeal to Christian values and its open rejection of the left. However, it is a clearly anti-liberal right, and this means that it also has common denominators with the left, such as anti-Americanism, rejection of NATO and even in some aspects rejection of capitalism (which it sees as a perverse economic system due to its multinational nature). Of the three, it is the most nationalist right (not to confuse this with patriotism), and for this reason it finds points in common with Russian Eurasianism.

The fuzzy boundaries between the three and the attitude of each one

As I pointed out at the beginning, the limits between the three rights are diffuse and that gives rise to confusion. There are people who call themselves liberal and yet are increasingly embracing the approaches of the third right. There are also people from the second right who, due to their yielding to the dogmas of the left, end up coming closer to the approaches of the third (anti-Americanism is the most common). And of course, there are people from the first right who oscillate between the other two.

Faced with the current ideological hegemony of the left in the West (acceptance of abortion, secularism, imposition of gender ideology, radical feminism, etc.), these three rights respond in very different ways. The usual thing in the first right is a rebellious attitude, which challenges the dogmas of the left but without questioning the democratic system, the free market or the pillars of liberal democracy. The second right has an accommodative attitude, in which the most important thing seems to adapt to the scenario posed by the left. Finally,the third right often has an anti-system attitude and often falls for conspiracy theories that make it increasingly suspicious of the democratic system and also of capitalism, believing that they are controlled by hidden powers.

The three rights on the Spanish political map

In the political sphere, we could frame Vox in the first right (although it is also true that some members and sympathizers of this party lean towards the third). The PP and Ciudadanos would be in the second right (and that is if we consider Cs as the right; I personally think it is a center-left party). The third right does not have political representation in Spain (it does have it in other countries; for example, the party of Marine Le Pen in France is closer to the ideological positions of that third right). Where it does have representation is on the networks, especially on Twitter and especially on Telegram. It is a minority but noisy right, and with the Russian invasion of Ukraine it is showing some astonishing coincidences with the left (due, to a large extent, to their common anti-liberalism and suspicion of the system).

The risks of confusion between the three rights

Until now, among the first right there was a logical concern to end up like the second and for the same reasons (laziness, fear, opportunism...), since it seemed the easiest trend in a society where the least complicated thing is to let yourself be carried away by the mainstream (so-called progressivism). Now for that first right, and also for the second, there is a risk of ending up in the third. It may seem somewhat contradictory, but I have already pointed out that these three positions are not located in a linear space, but rather circular. It is just as easy to end up in that third right starting from a radicalization of the positions of the first, as starting from the leftist dogmas that the second has assumed (after all, the most anti-American and anti-liberal sector of the political map is on the left).

Neither with Soros, nor with Putin

As for me, and as a liberal-conservative, I fit in with that first right wing that is inspired by Christian values, that loves freedom, that defends democracy and the free market, that is willing to give up the battle of ideas against the left, and that does not hate a country like the US, which is one of the oldest democracies in the world. The second right is increasingly influenced by Soros and the third by Putin, and as I explained here, I do not even submit to the dictates of Soros nor those of Putin. I'm saying this because it's starting to get tiresome for some to label you as a "globalist", "a servant of Soros", a "Freemason" and other nonsense as soon as you contradict the web of lies woven by the Kremlin to justify an invasion as infamous as the one in Ukraine.

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Photo: Milos Miskov/Anadolu Agency. Serbian nationalists at a rally in Belgrade to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine.