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Peterson has characterized himself politically as a [[Classical liberalism|classic British liberal]],<ref name=SpecatorLott2017/><ref name=":6">{{cite magazine |last=Robertson |first=Derek |date=16 June 2018 |title=Why the 'classical liberal' is making a comeback |magazine=Politico Magazine |lang=en |url=https://politi.co/2JXJQGp |access-date=30 January 2019 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923051736/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/16/why-the-classical-liberal-is-making-a-comeback-218667 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite news |last=Kovach |first=Steve |date=12 August 2017 |title=Silicon Valley's liberal bubble has burst, and the culture war has arrived |magazine=[[Business Insider]] |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valleys-liberal-bubble-has-burst-2017-8 |access-date=11 November 2017 |quote=classic British liberal Jordan B. Peterson |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107223742/http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valleys-liberal-bubble-has-burst-2017-8 |url-status=live}}</ref> and a [[Traditionalist conservatism|traditionalist]].<ref name="ft18" /> He has stated that he is commonly mistaken as [[right-wing]].<ref name=Callagahan/> He supports [[Universal health care|universal healthcare]], [[Redistribution of income and wealth|redistribution of wealth towards the poor]], and the [[Drug liberalization|decriminalization of drugs]].<ref name=Lott18/> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Peterson as "conservative-leaning",<ref name="auto2" /> and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described him as an "aspiring conservative thought leader".<ref name=ToughenUp>{{cite news |last=Heller |first=Karen |date=2 May 2018 |title=Jordan Peterson is on a crusade to toughen up young men. It's landed him on our cultural divide |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jordan-peterson-is-on-a-crusade-to-toughen-up-young-men-its-landed-him-on-our-cultural-divide/2018/05/02/c5bafe48-31d6-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html |archive-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215502/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jordan-peterson-is-on-a-crusade-to-toughen-up-young-men-its-landed-him-on-our-cultural-divide/2018/05/02/c5bafe48-31d6-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Yoram Hazony]] wrote in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' that: "[t]heThe startling success of his elevated arguments for the importance of order has made him the most significant [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] thinker to appear in the English-speaking world in a generation."<ref name=auto1/>