Both parties are statist parties.  The terms left and right are thrown around too often.  Not only are they used too often, they are used incorrectly.  Much like most of the language used in politics, it is intentionally misused.  Don’t fall prey to using words incorrectly.  Words have meaning, they can’t be used by a politician to mean whatever they want them to mean.

The only correct and consistent way to look at this is property.  Any other way to view left and right is wrong.   Its impossible to be any other way.  If someone is aware of another consistent way, please let me know.  Marx pointed out that property must be abolished.  So, he is on the left.  Mises pointed out that the market economy could be summed up in one word, property.  So, he is on the right.

One form of government associated with the right is fascism.  However, fascism does not allow for property.  It just retains the terms of the market economy.  So, fascism is on the left with socialism.  Before people think Marx was for communism, not socialism, they are wrong.  Socialism is how the economy gets to communism, Marx’s utopia.  Nowadays, nearly all are some mixtures of socialism and fascism, which is statism.

In short: socialism is when the government is the owner of property; fascism is when the government controls property, but the terms of the market are used; communism is Marx’s utopia; capitalism is when the individuals own property.  You own your body.  Only you can directly control it.  Basically, you are for capitalism, but wasn’t aware because the terms are so badly misused.

We must not lose the battle for language.  Nearly all in politics are leftist.  This might upset those that think that they are not leftist but it’s true.  If the argument isn’t grounded in property rights, it’s probably an argument for statism.  You are conceding when you use terms incorrectly.  We must be the intellectual bodyguards of capitalism.