"Left" and "Right" are luxuries of democratic societies.

Pro-democracy and anti-democracy is another axis entirely.

Both are political comparisons, but they are not the same thing.

The implication of the article is that we will only discover whether the current government is authoritarian based on how it handles social resistance.

Everything is political once everyone is a broadcaster.

Oh? Did someone say that somewhere? Should I start assuming that my feelings about things are what makes them political?

Note the (2017) in the title.