I mentioned in a past thread that if the definition for left and right is how fairness should be measured socially and economically, with liberal linking fairness with equity and conservative with equality, then the left right axis should be total equity on the left or total equality on the right, with equity and equality defined as this picture:
What form of government or measures are justified to achieving that goal should be on its separate axis. So both left and right can have people who lean towards democratic or totalitarian regimes.
Also, what political school a government claims it subscribes to is also irrelevant. Right now, China can claim it is a communist state all it wants, but for the most part it is still a right-leaning totalitarian state, although Xi is starting to reverse course and turning it into a left-leaning totalitarian state once again.
I’m also inclined to say if a state or society should give one ethnic, religious, linguistic group advantage should be on its own axis, especially if the group getting the advantage is already the one with more social political power.
So what we get is a 3D space, with the X-axis for equity or equality, the Y-axis for democratic or totalitarian, and the Z-axis for the minorities gets political favors or the majority gets political favors.
By disentangling equity or equality from the other crap, I think most people can agree authoritarianism/totalitarianism/racism bad, and choose whether they believe in equity or equality. I think that’s the only way to have a sane political discussion.