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'''Left-wing''' politics | '''Left-wing''' politics politics are political positions based on the left-right political scale, which is used to broadly and colloquially describe political beliefs. | ||
In a historical sense, '''left-wing''' refers to policies which advocate for a new political arrangement, in opposition to the [[status quo]] and the [[Ancien Régime|existing powers]]. | |||
[[Communism]] is thus a '''left-wing''' form of politics because "we call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things."<ref>Karl Marx, ''The German Ideology''</ref> | [[Communism]] is thus a '''left-wing''' form of politics because "we call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things."<ref>Karl Marx, ''The German Ideology''</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 02:36, 8 January 2025
Left-wing politics politics are political positions based on the left-right political scale, which is used to broadly and colloquially describe political beliefs.
In a historical sense, left-wing refers to policies which advocate for a new political arrangement, in opposition to the status quo and the existing powers.
Communism is thus a left-wing form of politics because "we call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things."[1]
- ↑ Karl Marx, The German Ideology