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I just don't pay enough attention to politics . (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by THEDAEMON@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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Me after creating a meme and starting a political debate on memes sub "what have i done".I HATE MY CREATION for the record.

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[–] waka@feddit.de -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

A dumb and sort of wrong version would be:

~~Politically Left: "Society combine for everyone", Politically Right: "Freedom for everyone at all cost"~~

CORRECTION

Unfortunately, left and right are rather coarse terms within the political spectrum. Consider looking for some easy explanations to understand the finer details.

Fun Fact: The emergence of the "left" / "right" distinction in the political sense is attributed to the original seating arrangement at the Constituante, the constituent national assembly of 1789 in France.

EDIT: I hate talking about political stuff. Never a correct answer and every word is scrutinized. I hate it.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Politically Right: “Freedom for everyone at all cost”

Lmmfao...
They don't give a shit about freedom for anyone but themselves (and especially not that of people who aren't white, Christian, cis, straight and abled), their actual motives are having as much power and money as possible.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

That doesn't make sense. There are lots of right-wingers who are not in the demographics you listed (the biggest political party in the world to take one example)

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago

That's not "sorta" wrong, it's hella wrong.

Left: Dismantle existing power hierarchies with the aim of equality.
Right: Strengthen existing power hierarchies.

[–] toastus@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

You are right about most points, but the right is not and never was about freedom, but about cementing a hierarchical order in society.

It used used to be about Aristocrats in France.
Today it is about keeping the rich in power and by extension to rile poor people against even poorer people (often immigrants).

If you look at politics through that lense so many more things start to make sense.

Old money hates new money.
Right wing middle class people hate poor people.
Right wing poor people hate immigrants.
They want to look down on somebody.