What Is (and Is Not) Left-Wing?
by Kieran Kelly
Dissident Voce / May 29th, 2014
EXTRACT
The term left-wing comes from those who during the French Revolution believed in a society based on the revolutionary ideals that had animated the masses. Over time there has been a consensus among left-wing movements on many issues (I exclude here state regimes which adopt left-wing rhetoric, but which, more often than not, are actually right-wing in their nature). My purpose here is to produce a comprehensive and inclusive list. The list below gives an idea of a maximal left-wing philosophy, like a platonic ideal.
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Anti-authoritarian
Redistributative
Collectivist
Conscious
Progressive
Optimistic
Universal
