Can Anyone explain the exact difference of Political Left Wing and Right Wing views?
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The left wing is socialistic and views it as the government's responsibility to redistribute wealth to help the poor.  The right wing views capitalism as an important motivator for a productive economy and does not want the government to interfere with private business.  The left wing views the government as the solution to economic problems while the right wing views government interference in the economy as a bad thing and that economic problems are best solved without government intervention.  Of course nearly everyone is somewhere in between the two edges of the political spectrum.
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Veeery generaly speaking, the Left (liberal) and Right (conservative) of politics came out of the French Revolution.\n\nAt that time, the Left was more concerned with laws that protect people's rights, and the conservatives are more concerned with laws that protect property.  \n\nFrom this, the traditional Liberal and Conservatives have arisen.  No one politican or person exemplifies what the TRUE definition of the words are, but issue by issue, the sides of politics have been created by these factions.\n\nIf you ask me, the terms liberal and conservative are meaningless, because they can't capture the entire persons views, and a person who describes themselves as a dem, repub, liberal or conservative is doing an injustice to the political process.\n\nAll politicians agree that its not about sides, its about issues.  Not about teams, its about debate and progress.
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Its a bit complicated. Some bands are left-wing, others are right wing, and others, are left wing, but have right wingers in them. The Ramones for example, as a band were left wing, but guitarist Johnny Ramone was a Republican and had rightist views.\n\nMost punk bands today, (Anti-Flag, NOFX, The Clash, Operation Ivy, Dead Kennedys) have leftist politics. However there are some right wing punk bands, but most of those are at the extreme right, meaning theyre pretty much skinheads and neo-nazis. (Skrewdriver, Dirty White Punks, White Pride, and Hellgrinder for example)....Most punks dont consider the skinheads and neo-nazis real punks though.\n\nHowever recently, a new trend in punk has been born called "conservative punk"...Those bands have right wing (but not extreme right wing) political views. Some examples of this are GOPunk, Anti-Anti-Flag, and Punkvoter Lies.\n\nThere are also Nihilistic and anarchist punks, which tend to mix with the leftists quite often. (The Sex Pistols, Crass, and The Exploited) Hope that helps.\n\n\nPeace
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we share similar but different views on politics and life. im just me. if you want to call me a liberal than whatever but i dont see myself belonging to any groups. mainly because i cant agree 100% with an individual group. my political ideas are intermingled. i would say though that i am more liberal than conservative. my parents are more conservative but have a few liberal ideas too. they are good people.
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In the 20th Century the movement was almost always liberal in it's totalitarian governments.  The 20th Century had more Communist and Socialist Governments that were totalitarian Dictatorships.  The Major exception was the Fascists that were extreme to the right.  Both forms of government had the state as the owner of all property and business.  Both went about it in the same manner and on the political scale that would be placed in a circle the two would be right next to each other with moderate politics 180 degrees from them.  While this can be said to be true of both Fascist and Communist forms of government with your description you have to a letter described Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which was modeled after Hitler's Nazi Party.  I hope all of you can see the resemblance.
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Assuming that you mean politically, here's my take, and I know this has change from how the sides used to be:\n\nliberal: progressive in introducing legislation to fix issues/problems, bigger government/more involvement, federal rights, higher taxes on rich to support the needs of the poor\n\nconservative: more status quo, states rights, less government involvement ("laissez-faire") especially federal, lower taxes for people to use their money to fix their own problems\n\nI'm usually a left-leaning moderate, so I generally have likes/dislikes about both sides.  Hope that helps.
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Political pluralism refers simply to there being a plurality of political stances. For instance in America, there are liberals, conservatives, populists, communists, socialists, libertarians etc.
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Intrinsically, most right wing / conservatives can agree on an issue; while most left wing / liberals cannot.  When a right wing speaks, others join in.  When a left wing speaks, others stay away because of their different views.
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Log on to http://politicalcompass.jpagel.net/\n\nLiberal has many definitions, just ask Merriam-Webster. But the answer you are looking for is "left-winger" or "socialist".\n\nOn the economic scale, liberals prefer government authority to intervene and engineer the economy, to take private property through taxation and the rights of the individual through regulation, in order to create a more "fair" society. This means if I own a business, and you own nothing, you are somehow entitled to the money I earn.\n\nOn the social scale, liberals prefer less government authority, in other words, they wish to legalize all behavior which is considered to be immoral and is currently illegal. (such as the use of hard drugs, all forms of gambling, all forms of sexual perversion). On the one hand, they like government intervention when it suits thier pocketbook, but they dislike it when the government restricts thier addictive behaviors.\n\nThese definitions may seem to have a conservative bias to them. However, we are only speaking in generalities. There are "liberal" groups which I support, such as People for the ethical treatment of animals (PETA), and non-biased environmentalist groups. I also do not support government regulation of our freedom of speech.\n\nSome would consider the so-called right to be liberal, because conservatives are in favor of the free market, or laizee-faire (sp?) capitalism. They support the right to own private property and engage in private business. Privacy is a very liberal concept, whereas statism (public regulation) is a very communist (authoritarian) concept.\n\nAnd while most conservatives frown on many different kinds of immoral behavior, we all support the presumption of innocence, the right to a fair and speedy trial, the right to an attorney, the right to appeal, the right to a jury of your peers, and all other constitutional rights, which makes us the most progressive people on the planet, unless you consider child pornography or drug abuse "progress" or "enlightened".\n\nThat might help you understand the difference between left-wing authoritarianism and liberalism, as well as the difference between the so-called left and the so-called right.\n\nLiberals, before you attack me, go to the link provided above, and fill out the simple questionaire. On the political spectrum, I am an absolute centrist, not left-winger or a right-winger, nor am I an authoritarian nor a libertarian. Therefore I am neither extremist nor biased.\n\nThere is no such thing as a simple dichotomy between liberals and conservatives. The fact is, the definitions overlap all too frequently to declare one to be completely opposed to the other.\nThere is more to politics than "Democrat good, Republican bad".\n\nIf you are a moderate you support neither extreme liberalism nor extreme communism (they are directly opposed, one supports total freedom, the other total government), which would make you a conservative, which definiton means "moderate" or "rational". I would define conservatism as centrism and objectivism (look it up).\n\nThis does not mean all people who are labeled "conservative" are moderate or rational. There are plenty of theocrats out there who believe that thier view of God and only thier view should be law. There are plenty of "conservatives" who are actually libertarians who want to legalize and deregulate everything, which would be both a disaster for the environment, and for our moral standards.\n\nFootnote:\nIf all you can do is attack me for my opinion, then you are not a liberal, because liberals are supposed to be open-minded and tolerant people. Why so much hatred, then? I don't hate liberals. I just disagree with political extremism on the left and the right.
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Liberal is a way of thinking and not related to a specific poltical agenda or party. Democrat is an actual political party that one registers to be a part of..Yes many liberals are Democrats but many arent as well.. I consider myself liberal but am closer to a Libertarian than anything else yet I remain registered 'non-partisan' so I dont have to be stuck in the dogmatic agenda of a specific party..Plus I can vote for whoever I want and actually vote on the issues and not just the party..Hope this helped..
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left. most of these post/answers are to lame to come from a right winger....
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a side=right wing and b side-left wing
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Leftist parties always allege that the rightist political parties are conservative as opposed to being progressive. So, the Leftist Parties in India are contradicting themselves by supporting a government which is having pro-capitalist economic programs only to keep the BJP out of power which is its born rival. The RSS is totally against Communist Party of India in all its factions as they are anti-nationalistic which was proved during pre-independent movement and the Chinese aggression in 1962.
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Liberalism is based upon what makes you FEEL GOOD and it's the easiest type of political thought.\n\nConservatism is based upon doing what is right even if you don't feel good about having to do it. It requires the use of logic rather than emotion when making important decisions.
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i'm going to attempt to answer this unbiasedly.\n\nthe simplest explanation i ever heard of the difference between the parties is that the republican party believes that the government is more important than the people (or a group of people or an individual), while the democratic party believes that the people are more important than the government.\n\nexamples:\nrepublican party believes in: pro-life, ban on gay marriage, pro big business (against unions, higher minimum wage, basically they are for anything that makes businesses more efficient and moneymaking for the company as a whole, with little regard for the employees), for capital punishment, lower taxes, smaller government (no social programs at all such as welfare or social security), bigger military, against affirmative action, for public displays of religion (as long as its christianity), tend to put much less emphasis on protecting rights and liberties such as freedoms of speech, expression, assembly, etc., and more along those lines.\n\nthe democratic party believes: pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, bigger social government (raises in government spending on welfare, education, social security, public services such as police and fire departments, etc.), drastic cuts in military, anti-big business (very pro-union and believe in protecting workers even at a corporation's expense), pro-affirmative action, anti-public displays of religion, against capital punishment, puts a much greater emphasis on protecting citizens rights with regard to free speech, religion, etc., and more along those lines.\n\nhope that helps.
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Actually, it has to do with, literally, which side of the center aisle a particular member of the post-Revolution French Assembly sat on.  The more conservative party sat on the right side.  Subsequently, the terminology spread.
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It's just a way of describing two opposites sides, as in wings of a building.\n\nTraditionally, the "left wing" or the "left" describes those who are liberal in philosophy and politics.  The "right wing" or "right" refers to those of a conservative bent.\n\nDuring the time of the Vietnam War, the left and right were known by their views on our involvement--"doves", or anti-war for the left, and "hawks", or pro-war for the right.\n\nHopefully you understand the liberal/conservative difference.  If not, post another question and we'll tackle that for you.