It amuses me, but at the same time makes me sad, that almost no one even thinks about an option that a liberal-conservative position about politics, human life, and (or) evolution would be possible.

It does not surprise me that The Guardian, abandoning liberal positions years ago, upfront and non-critically accepts that liberals are on the opposite pole of the spectrum as conservatives. And it is pretty evident, if you compare the article title and the header, that they understand ‘left’ as liberal and ‘right’ as conservative.

I have not taken non-liberal collectivist media and intellectuals as relevant interpreters of reality for many years, and not only after the latest debacle with Donald Trump. My thesis is that they are making such mistakes precisely for the reason that the conservative-liberal position is in their blind spot. The reason this position is in their blind spot lies solely in their fears. They face the decision that is unbearable for them. Should they accept the possibility of a liberal-conservative position, they would have to admit their shift from a liberal position to the extreme left, meaning that they are as much anti-liberal as extremist right movements.

Political brane topology and an upgrade in the Grand Unifying Theory can help a lot. So far, I have not been able to falsify its validity. It greatly helped me in my personal and professional endeavors to understand what is going on around me. It did not help me in my conversations with a few friends. In the best case, friends take me as one who has the privilege to be crazy. In the worst case, we have arguments that lead nowhere. But in the end, we have a lot of fun, since we’re friends and I offer them things to be passionate about.

On the other hand, it surprises me that even true liberals (who belong neither to right collectivist nor to left collectivist ideologies) do not grasp such an option. Should they take it seriously, it would give them a significant advantage through such repositioning.

Well, it surprised me up to this moment only. It does not surprise me anymore. As it often happens, I didn’t have a clue about when I started writing this post. The resolution came while writing: I have to upgrade the political brain topology interpretation.

One should not find collectivistic tensions only on extreme left and right but also up in progressivism.

What I want to say is that as a liberal progressivist, you, by definition, follow collectivist values. One cannot appreciate individual supremacy over the state if one places the ultimate goal somewhere outside a man, in heaven or any other Utopia.

Therefore, I need to revise the interpretation of the graph. The Guardian is a liberal-progressivist. They avoid the fascist left or right extremes, but as progressivists, they cannot accept individual sovereignty. Precisely this inability inhibited all “liberal” media from understanding that Donald Trump is liberal as much as he puts the individual above the collective. (That does not mean that all his traits are liberal!) So we know that he has his position somewhere at the bottom of my graph, but we cannot yet be sure on which side (extremism) or even if he succeeds in keeping the centre.

That upgrade would also explain the differences between various collectivists. For instance, Catholic Church collectivism might be slightly to the left of progressivism under Pope Francis and more to the right under Pope Benedict and most probably under Pope Leo XIV. Extreme right fascist movements are far-right from the liberal line, but at the same time as far on the progressivist line as The Guardian. And so on. (This analysis of specific entities is hugely ad hoc and needs some further case studies.)

What must be accepted, though, is that the liberal-conservative position (located in the centre) is the only one that is both not extreme and accepting of the sovereignty of the individual. And since it is obviously so difficult to accept that only sovereign individuals can constitute a robust liberal community, I have some time ago coined the word for such a position: homonism.

Homonism is a form of humanism (liberal) that has been purged from collectivism, thus becoming more conservative.