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Question: Left vs. right; liberal vs. conservative: are these terms still relevant?
#1
Yes, and they still mean about what they did at the time of their 1790s French origins.
 
#2
Somewhat; they mean different things today but still an important political distinction.
 
#3
Barely: with Greens, Libertarians, etc. we need to redefine the political spectrum, though L-R still plays a part.
 
#4
No, these terms need to be abolished as they are no longer relevant.
 
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Other
 
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« on: June 21, 2017, 10:55:13 AM »

When I think Right Wing, I think of private individuals assuming state power or at least power over its agenda. i.e. the state being property. When I think left-wing, I think of the state assumimg power or ownership over the property of individuals, property being transferred from being personally owned to owned by the state.

When I think of conservative, I think of a society being more organized around class and race where the originators of those systems having the power to enforce them. When I think of liberal, I think of society being organized in a civic way, where the constituents organize society as the needs of society develop over time. Basically the difference between an ethnic nationhood and a civic nationhood.

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