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• cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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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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      • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So then what are they- since they aren’t ideologies about conserving the status quo?

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