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In ancient Rome the senators who were voting pro were sitting on the right, the senators who were voting contra were sitting on the left. That's it. Today the meaning of the right and left is being perverted. There are no left or right politics, only voting.

In ancient Rome the senators who were voting pro were sitting on the right, the senators who were voting contra were sitting on the left. That's it. Today the meaning of the right and left is being perverted. There are no left or right politics, only voting.

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[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

I think the Left Hand Path vs Right Hand Path definition of "Left and Right" is better than the Roman or French ones commonly used to define the political spectrum. The situation is deeper than just politics, it goes all the way to the core of morality and being.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

I concur. Right is synonymous with righteous.

[–] • 3 pts

Also they (MSM propagandists) are calling conservatives 'far right' to imply that all conservatives are extremists

[–] • 1 pt

The modern left vs. right came from the events leading to the French revolution. King Louis XVI, deeply in debt, was forced to call a convocation of the Estates General by the aristocracy who hoped to gain in status and influence in relation to the crown. The convocation was a little like the English parliament, but very much weaker due to the absolute rule of the continental monarchy. It consisted of representatives from the Crown and aristocracy, the Church, and the Commoners.

The Commoners were inspired by enlightenment values that were sweeping Europe. To show his disapproval, King Louis XVI put them on his left, a reference to the Day of Judgment foretold in the Bible.

The commoners held a spectrum of political opinions from the conservative laissez faire views that informed the American revolution, to the extreme Jacobin position.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

It should have stopped right after the revolution. It's not politics, but a way of disagreement with the monarchy. Since there is no more monarchy, the whole "left" concept is useless.

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The Jacobin left from the French revolution became the template for leftism since, which is why the term has at least some use. Maybe a better word will emerge which will make it easier to convey what they are, and therefore easier to defeat them. I get your dissatisfaction with the term.

There are three fundamental facts about the left which ought to be widely known:

1) They are delusional. They may be tactically astute, which really boils down to having an instinctive ability to manipulate, and a cynical willingness to do what normal people find morally abhorrent, but fundamentally, they have no understanding of reality.

2) They have no moral restraint. They want to destroy the world, not live in it.

3) Their ideas don't work. Everything they do makes existence shittier. Every time they held power, it has been a disaster. Leftism is shit.