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May I suggest a way of seeing politics? Based on the political compass and other observations.

Left (centrally planned economy) vs Right (market economy) and Authoritarian (police state) vs Libertarian (individual freedom).

Conservative, Progressive and Liberal tend to cause a lot confusion. So let's keep them separate from the above four terms. And let's replace Liberal (it kinda means status quo currently) with Centrist and view these three terms - Conservative, Centrist and Progressive - as a dynamic.

Conservative is the old ways. In Russia for example, the Conservatives are the Communists, so calling them right-wing is misleading.

Progressive is the new ways. Conservatives are wary of making change's to society and Progressive's think Conservatives don't care about improving society.

Centrist is where the new ways (Progressive) get tried out. If they are successful after a period of time, they become the old ways (Conservative). If they don't work out society reverts them back to the old ways (Conservative).

Repeat until utopia.

Edit: typos