What do you mean by left wing and right wing?

Right wing and left wing refer to two political factions that hold different views and positions on political, social and economic issues.

The right wing and the left wing originated from the French Revolution. In the national assembly during the revolutionary period, two groups of dissidents sat on both sides of the parliament, moderate royalists sat on the right and radical revolutionaries sat on the left. Later, the right wing and the left wing were called two political factions with different views and positions on political, social and economic issues.

The biggest difference between the two is that the left wants to carry out radical revolution and the right wants to maintain the status quo. So the former is radical and the latter is conservative. The right refers to conservatism, liberalism, capitalism and nationalism, emphasizing individual freedom and property rights. Left wing refers to progressive, socialist, materialistic, democratic and other ideological tendencies, emphasizing social justice and equality.

The difference between right wing and left wing

1. On the ideological basis, the right wing is usually conservative and tends to maintain the existing social, economic and political systems, emphasizing individual freedom and property rights. The left wing is relatively progressive and tends to promote social changes, including changing the existing social, economic and political systems and emphasizing social justice and equality.

2. In terms of economic policy, the right wing usually advocates a free market economy, relaxes the government's control and supervision over enterprises, and reduces the tax and welfare system to promote economic growth and employment opportunities. On the other hand, the left wing advocates that the government should intervene and adjust the economy, strengthen the social security and welfare system, and improve the level of education and training, so as to promote economic development and social justice.

In foreign policy, the right wing is usually more nationalistic and xenophobic, emphasizing national independence and sovereignty and opposing international cooperation and globalization. The left wing is more international and open, advocates international cooperation and globalization, and supports free trade and immigration policies.

Above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Left Wing