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Funny you say that, because I firmly believe that that is a better descriptor for more right policies than left ones.
I also don't think you can call that evil, more just selfish and that's just part and parcel of human behaviour. We are selfish creatures by nature.
No there is a difference between being selfish and being evil. There is nothing wrong with looking to ones own interests and benefitting ourselves so long as it is done honorably and ethically. True conservatism as it is defined in modern day America strongly promotes that knowing that it ultimately is to the better benefit of all, even those who don't like it. Selfishness is unwillingness to share with others who are as deserving but sometimes it is necessary in order to achieve a higher goal. Evil is knowingly doing them harm simply because you want to harm them and/or for (the generic) your own benefit and there is rarely justification for that.