Striker@lemmy.worldM to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe fact that people this stupid existlemmy.worldimagemessage-square264fedilinkarrow-up11.5Karrow-down195
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minus-squareFaeDrifter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBroadly 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.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoSo would ideologies like fascism, georgism, anarcho-capitalism, ethno-nationalism, etc be left-wing?
minus-squareFaeDrifter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhen in doubt, remember that oncentration camps are not compatible with “equality or betterment of all”.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoSo then what are they- since they aren’t ideologies about conserving the status quo?
minus-squareFaeDrifter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoConcentration camps protect establishment power.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoNot the current governing establishment(unless they’re FDRs)
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.
So would ideologies like fascism, georgism, anarcho-capitalism, ethno-nationalism, etc be left-wing?
When in doubt, remember that oncentration camps are not compatible with “equality or betterment of all”.
So then what are they- since they aren’t ideologies about conserving the status quo?
Concentration camps protect establishment power.
Not the current governing establishment(unless they’re FDRs)