cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36828107

ID: WookieeMark @EvilGenXer posted:

"OK so look, Capitalism is right wing.

Period.

If you are pro-capitalism, you are Right Wing.

There is no pro-capitalist Left. That’s a polite fiction in the US that no one can afford any longer as the ecosystem is actually collapsing around us."

  • argon@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1610·
    2 days ago

    Acting as if the terms left and right aren’t completely arbitrary.

    • Kwakigra@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      15 hours ago

      They aren’t. Right wing is oriented to tradition and hierarchy while left wing is oriented to progress and equality. This has been understood since the concept originated during the French Revolution.

    • FrowingFostek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      1 day ago

      I was told it was because of the French revolution. Imho, I think the terms are mostly rigid concepts.