Where has common sense gone?

@BohemianBabe Tankies are the same, thankfully they're like 0.1% of the total population

@Elessar I consider Tankies to be on the Right in that they're Authoritarians. They're usually better on social issues, but social issues are a result of economic and government policy. That's why in practice, tankie governments are usually anti-queer.

@BohemianBabe Oh, auth-left is definitely a thing, right vs left is usually the economic or at most social policies axis

@Elessar I disagree with that. I think that the main political spectrum is Authoritarianism vs Democracy. While there are some exceptions, pretty much everything is a result of where you are on that spectrum. Economics, social issues, government, it's all a result of where you think power should be located, either within the 1% or spread throughout society.
Tankies are considered Auth-Left, they're the upper-left of the cube. This would be a society with both a dictator and queer rights. But in practice, tankie countries have been more reactionary on queer rights than liberal Republics. Tankie countries have also been anti-union.
Another interesting example is the Libertarians. They claim to be right-wing on economics, left-wing on social issues. But in practice, they usually go along with the Right, no matter how extreme the Right becomes.