frozear on Nostr: The "left" is an extremely general term. It basically means opposition to ...
The "left" is an extremely general term. It basically means opposition to hierarchies. Capitalism is construed as hierarchical because it eventually leads to disparities over time in practice (see big pharma). By this definition the American Revolution was, in fact, a leftist movement for it's time. The reason it's called "The Left" is because in the 1789 French National Assembly following the revolution the commoners were seated on the left and the Aristocrats and High Clergy were on the right.
The point about the American Revolutionaries being left for their time is indisputable. Anyone carrying out a revolution is progressive by definition. Anyone opposing a revolution is a status quo conservative by definition (British Royalists).
It's all just fucking definitions of words, anyway. Another method for the ruling class to keep us all divided and against eachother.
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