Excellent answer.
The line between is more blurred than it was 80 years ago.
We have a moderate "liberalism/socialism" in the US,
maintained since the late 19th c. This encompasses a large segment
of the population that sees the need to care for human need.
But the Left and Right both still exist and are at odds.
In US *policy* it's the difference between Ronald Regan's Federalism
(W is simply not as refined in his thinking as the US really needs)
versus the work to help the few remaining Communist systems to survive
approach of the Clinton years.
Collin
p.s., Please don't flame me, anyone. If this is that personal to you,
seek help immediately. :) And smile on the way.
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>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:34:51 +0100 (MET)
>From: Anders Hultman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
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>> This may seem uneducated of me - but I here you all saying "i'm right of
>> centre", "he's left", "left winged", "right winged" etc, can someone please
>> explain to me just what these terms mean?
>
>This dates back to the French parliament of 1789 where the radicals that
>wanted to change society towards more equality and freedom sat to the left
>as seen from the rostrum, and the conservatives that wanted to maintain
>the old system sat to the right. Since then, liberal politics has been
>labeled "left" and conservative politics has been labeled "right".
>
>In the mid 19th century, an even more radical ideology was formed,
>socialism, to the "left" of the then current left. This blurred the
>left--right concept somewhat, since the liberals then became "middle" or
>even "right". The left--right concept became even more blurred in the
>1930's when fascism and nazism was placed off the scale to the right
>("extreme right") even though many people think that they have more in
>common with the communists on the "extreme left" (left of the socialists)
>than with the conservatives traditionally labeled "right".
>
>Nowadays, it can be hard to determine what should be called "left" and
>"right" and there also are big differences within each side, so one should
>generally ask for clarification when these terms are used. Especially in
>an international context such as this.
>
>anders
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>http://anders.hultman.nu/
>med dagens bild och allt!
>
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