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• TechnoBabble@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And by they, you mean the right wind politicians in power.

  The people who vote for them are constantly voting against their immediate interests.

  If we had some sort of ranked choice, a lot of these one-issue voters might actually have a choice in their representation. Which would be good for all of us.

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• aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What does “left wing” and “right wing” mean?

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  • cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    history.com/…/how-did-the-political-labels-left-w…

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    • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The origin of a word is largely distinct from how people use it in the modern day.

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  • FaeDrifter@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Broadly speaking, left wing is about creating change, ideally for more equality or the betterment of all. Right wing is about conserving the status quo and traditional power hierarchies, because they are accustomed to benefiting from them.

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    • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So would ideologies like fascism, georgism, anarcho-capitalism, ethno-nationalism, etc be left-wing?

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      • FaeDrifter@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        When in doubt, remember that oncentration camps are not compatible with “equality or betterment of all”.

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