This isn’t about “purity testing” either. Leftism is not a moral stance, it’s progressing forward in historical development. Capitalism is holding us back, it’s a dying relic of the past, and moving beyond it is necessary.

people redefine ‘right’ and ‘left’ quite often to suit their own internal narratives and post-hoc rationalize riding with a crew that they … basically actually chose on vibes.

now, i’m not saying that there’s nothing to that!

there certainly ARE sets of overlapping traits that are more likely to show up among people who identify as ‘left’ vs people who identify as ‘right’.

i’ve been criticized for using the wikipedia definition of the left-right political spectrum–that of being social equality on the left and social hierarchy on the right. (Although for the most part it DOES seem to fit.)

the world has changed a lot since the french revolution where people seated themselves in the national assembly with the monarchists grouping up on the right side of the room while the revolutionaries sat on the left.

i also see versions of it where people base it on concentrating power and authority into the hands of the few vs distributing and decentralizing that power and authority democratically.

however.

capitalism both concentrates power/authority AND enforces rigid hierarchy where those who own the equipment, machines, tools, structures, real estate, etc (the capital) are ‘above’ those who perform the work.

which is to say:
Yeah i’m pretty sure the sentiment here is correct that capitalism is inherently right-wing. (all the stuff i wrote above is WHY i think it’s correct.)