Where do we get “Left” and “Right” in politics?

[longknife]

Yeah, it came from the French revolution.

When writing their new constitution, those siding with the king keep power sat on the right of the assembly president. Those with the more radical view sat on the left.

In other words, those who wanted to hew closer to tradition were on the right, and those who wanted more change were on the left.

The term didn’t show up in US politics until FDR.

Now we throw around “conservatism” and “liberalism.” And all of it seems to have no resonance with the average American. Just political addicts like us.

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[beagle9]

Leftistism still holds true to radicalism, where as righties who are known as conservatives etc, have more traditional views about the stuff that has been tried and proven over the years. The rightist view usually suits the masses where as the leftist views appeals to certain groups that are loose net in numbers, and can't get it together on any unified agreement. If it weren't for the media and the leftist activist judges, it would be that the left would fail in most of the agenda's it attempts to pass off as being legit.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Yeah, it came from the French revolution.

When writing their new constitution, those siding with the king keep power sat on the right of the assembly president. Those with the more radical view sat on the left.

In other words, those who wanted to hew closer to tradition were on the right, and those who wanted more change were on the left.

The term didn’t show up in US politics until FDR.

Now we throw around “conservatism” and “liberalism.” And all of it seems to have no resonance with the average American. Just political addicts like us.

More of this @ What to Know About the Origins of 'Left' and 'Right' in Politics, From the French Revolution to the 2020 Presidential Race

So those on the right were the authoritarians that wanted to keep the king with all the power.

Somethings never change