On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 10:41, James McDonald wrote:
What does it mean to be "left wing" or "right wing" has anyone got a non satirical explanation.
Sort of (*):
left-wing = liberal = Democrat/Labour = progressive = 'for the worker'
right-ring = conservative = Republican/Tory = reactionary = 'for the rich guy'
From an economic policy standpoint...
Left wing is more akin to socialism. Right wing is more akin to capitalism.
Neither is more "for the worker" nor "for the rich guy." And for that matter, neither is any more "progressive" nor "reactionary."
(*) As you can see, this is a very sloppy way to describe things. But I think this is a 'classical' grouping of these terms. Life is not so neat.
I keep hearing these terms and because I am non-political have no idea what they mean?
I suspect many non non-political folk are in the same situation.
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