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Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.
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The American Left can refer to multiple concepts. It is sometimes used as a shorthand for groups aligned with the Democratic Party. At other times, it refers to groups that have sought egalitarian changes in the economic, political, and cultural institutions of the United States.
Left-wing politics in the United States dates back to the French Revolution which gave rise to the terms Left and Right and which influenced American politics, with the Democratic-Republican Party representing the Left as opposed to the Federalist Party representing the Right.
Political parties are sometimes described as being either left-wing, right-wing, or center. Left-wing politics are usually progressive , meaning that left-wing people are in favor of social change. They believe in direct intervention and the regulation of markets.
Left-wing beliefs are liberal in that they believe society is best served with an expanded role for the gov... The fundamental differences between left-wing and right-wing ideologies center around the the rights of individuals vs. the power of the government.
Left-wing politics is a kind of politics that supports social equality and egalitarianism. What a person means by left-wing depends on where the person lives. In Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, left-wing politics is often associated with social democracy and democratic socialism.
