But then again, this does not mean that the left is better. I've been travelling in India quite a few times, a place that is a magnet for many leftists, and these spiritual tourists are so predictable and zombie-like, with their "chai-chillum-chapati" love/addiction. They are against authority, but somehow they fall SO easily for gurus telling them how to live, think and to chant extremely silly stuff they dont understand (in sanskrit).
India is a huge land with many states and a variety of lifestyle and diets, on the coast they love fish etc, and in Goa, porc is popular, and in many places meat is enjoyed even among hindus.
But. There is a strong vegetarian culture in India, where many granola crunching hippies got inspired. Many hindus will not even eat eggs, but all sort very low quality dairy is seen as healing for body and soul. I have never seen so bad teeth in all my travels (and I've been to quite a few continents) as among the vegetarians hindus/Indians, and also among long time European/Western travellers adopting their lifestyle, gurus and "chai-chillum-chapati" habits. These people have the most rotten teeth I have ever seen.
(True, in some places in south east asia I also saw some very bad teeth, but that was more due to pollution, plus lots of antibiotics and toxins in food and environment.)
Many people in the left idealises India, and sees it at the motherland, return there year after year going to ashrams, and smoking a lot. I was never a smoker, and had always to say no to their offering of sharing their stuff, and they looked at me as I was a real looser. (except that THEY had lost many of their teeth). One person asked once in all seriousness "if you dont smoke, why do you come to India?".
Well, smoking gives them the munchies, and this is what smokers eat: sweet stuff, pancakes, children's food, coockies, cakes, chai, ice-cream, french fries, deep fried street snacks: very cheap. It's taboo as a smoking traveller to put a lot of money on high quality food, instead, the money goes ...up in smoke.