Originally posted by harvib
reply to post by jamie83
The right wants to shrink government power and control and put power in the people's hands. The left wants the government to solve everybody's
problems.
If this is true then why are so called pro choicers and those accepting of gay marriage often reffered to as leftist views? I am just trying to
understand what makes views on certain so called issues politically right or left.
K.. There are two sides to the coin. Social ideologies and political ideologies, both can be either left or right and you can also combine them.
If you want to get really correct about it, it actually goes like a compass. N S E W.
West = Left (political)
East = Right (political)
North = Progressive (social)
South = Conservative (social)
Canada is NW
America is SE
Left ideologies are things like socialized medicine, social security, public schooling, paid university, generally higher taxes, more government
Right ideologies are things like privatized schooling, privatized health care, less government programs, less government in general, lower taxes,
keeping the status quo
North aka progressive social ideologies are things like pro-choice, gay marriage, green initiatives, separation of church and state, encouragement of
things like social workers, labor laws
South aka conservatism ideologies are about keeping things the same, anti-gay, anti-abortion, people first environment second, capital punishment,
anti-immigration, anti-welfare.
I wrote this fast, if one thing is in social that should be in political, oh well

You get the point though.