It comes from the French revolution, when the people who wanted a better king sat on the right side of the debate room, and people who wanted to get rid of the king sat on the left. From my understanding, right wing is about incremental improvement on what currently exists (optimistically, current right wing isn’t even about this), while left wing is about questioning what exists and redesigning it from the ground up.
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ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Does left and right just mean prosocial Vs antisocial? What do these directions used as political labels even mean? Are they useful labels?
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 1 day ago
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 day ago
Like the other person said. The social vs antisocial thing is just the modern manifestation; that's why depending on issue the left will argue for personal autonomy while the right will be pro-tradition and "family values."
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 day ago
It’s about hierarchy. Leftists want equality, fairness, freedom from power. Rightists want authority, order, freedom for power.