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I think he wasn't Left-wing progressivist in that sense he had no mercy for utopian Left ideologies (eg. Marxism) that distort human nature (read - "Civilization and Its discontents"). On the other hand it will be probably a mistake to called Freud "conservatist" in strict political and social terms. His ideas were shocking in his times (eg. child's sexuality, "Oedipus Complex"). He was of course staunch atheist too, which is not welcome in conservative circles.

Maybe he was some kind of "realist-progressivist" in that he belived we will modificate our nature by scientific forces, but taking into account our inborn aggression ("death drive"), NOT only our economic issues (as socialists believe).

Freud was in the middle between conservative restrictions of the civilization and utopian ideologists which postulate complete liberation of these restrictions (eg. "sexual freedom").

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