From Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics
Perhaps that's how they started, but what we call "leftist" doesn't even remotely resemble that description. Modern Leftists are militant and anarchist, and use violence to promote their agenda. That is their most defining characteristic.
Compare to Right-wing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics
I'll go for that, but "right-wing" is a much bigger tent than left-wing. It doesn't presume a characteristic based on your race, religion, or gender, whereas left-wing absolutely does.
I'm not sure what to call the "Left" anymore. "Progressive" is a joke so hilarious it makes my stomach hurt - there is no "progress" in their agenda. It's boot on the neck power and extreme assimilation. "Liberal" is what they used to be before they became tools of the politicians; they haven't been liberal in a very long time.
I like to call things what they are, and reject the labels these groups give themselves, so I'm thinking Stalinist:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism
That description sounds exactly like the Democrat Party. So from now on, I will try not to refer to them as "liberals" or "progs" or "leftists" - they are Stalinists. Remind me if I forget - habits are hard to break.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics
Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.
Perhaps that's how they started, but what we call "leftist" doesn't even remotely resemble that description. Modern Leftists are militant and anarchist, and use violence to promote their agenda. That is their most defining characteristic.
Compare to Right-wing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics
Right-wing politics hold that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable, natural, normal or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics or tradition.
I'll go for that, but "right-wing" is a much bigger tent than left-wing. It doesn't presume a characteristic based on your race, religion, or gender, whereas left-wing absolutely does.
I'm not sure what to call the "Left" anymore. "Progressive" is a joke so hilarious it makes my stomach hurt - there is no "progress" in their agenda. It's boot on the neck power and extreme assimilation. "Liberal" is what they used to be before they became tools of the politicians; they haven't been liberal in a very long time.
I like to call things what they are, and reject the labels these groups give themselves, so I'm thinking Stalinist:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism
Stalinism promoted the escalation of class conflict, utilizing state violence to forcibly purge society of alleged supporters of the bourgeoisie, whom Stalinist doctrine regarded as threats to the pursuit of the communist revolution. This policy resulted in substantial political violence and persecution of such people. "Enemies" included not only bourgeois people, but also working-class people accused of counter-revolutionary sympathies.
That description sounds exactly like the Democrat Party. So from now on, I will try not to refer to them as "liberals" or "progs" or "leftists" - they are Stalinists. Remind me if I forget - habits are hard to break.