What is your definition of "right-wing" and "left-wing"?

K9Buck

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To get the conversation started, here is a definition from an author on Wiki, fwiw.

Generally, the left-wing is characterized by an emphasis on 'ideas such as Liberty, equality, fraternity, rights, progress, reform and internationalism', while the right-wing is characterized by an emphasis on 'notions such as authority, hierarchy, order, duty, tradition, reaction and nationalism'.[14]

Political scientists and other analysts regard the left as including anarchists,[15][16] communists, socialists, democratic socialists, social democrats,[17] left-libertarians, progressives and social liberals.[18][19] Movements for racial equality[20] and trade unionism have also been associated with the left.[21]

Political scientists and other analysts regard the Right as including Christian democrats, conservatives, right-libertarians,[22] neoconservatives, imperialists, monarchists,[23] fascists,[24]reactionaries and traditionalists.

Left–right political spectrum - Wikipedia
 
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At the risk of over-simplifying things, to me, the level of government involvement in one's society and one's life is the primary indicator of whether one is right or left wing.

Do you believe this to be accurate?
 

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