Ask Lemmy

Depends what you mean. I think 'progressives' are usually more collectivist in the economic / social democracy sense. But 'conservatives' are often collectivist in the sense that everyone should have same beliefs, same religion etc. I think that's something that people sometimes miss, that right wing people are solely motivated by bullying people for being 'different' or wanting to control people's private lives. They do both those things, but partly because some geninuely struggle to believe that different lifestyles can coexist. Everyone needs to have same sexuality and eat the same kinds of foods, so of course they want the collective choice to align with their personal preference.

As a left-wing person, I find it mind-boggling that people don't see the unfairness of billionaires and poverty coexisting. And beyond unfairness, the existance of wealth disparity makes things worse for the poor than if everyone was equally poor. But conservatives think that its none of anyone's business what happens in the bank account.