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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Left wing policy seeks to distribute political power as far and wide as possible. In a (hypothetical) ideal, every member of a society would have exactly the same amount of political power.

It tends to move slowly, which sucks when families are in crisis.

Right wing policy aims to consolidate power, again with a hypothetical of a single point. Right wing systems move quickly, but do whatever the rulers want, ignoring the needs of the commons.

Given Aesop's fable about the frogs who wanted a king and chose between king Log and king Heron (or watersnake or stork) this is a paradigm that has been around for a while.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Rather than right vs left, I reckon this is caused by the other axis, authoritarian vs liberty.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com -5 points 1 month ago

I'm just going to say it simply,

You're wrong

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