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Unlocked: Myth of the Month 6: Political Left and Right

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Left vs Right - What Does That Say?

Left and right often are just superficial labels that ignore or intentionally obscure that underlying reality. It's more that, i many important situations, it's simply material interest, material need, that guides people's political action. We can see certain issues like minimum wage laws where the left would be more portive and seize minimum wage as a vehicle for equalizing economic wealth and distribution. People to the right might be more opposed and believe in freedom of contract, right? So using an example like that, we can sort of a illustrate what a lot of people take to be the meaning of of left and right.

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