The political term “left” actually started at the beginning of the French Revolution, where the legislative chamber was distinctly left and right sides, with t

The political term “left” actually started at the beginning of the French Revolution, where the legislative chamber was distinctly left and right sides, with the left side occupied by those waving the banner of “liberté, égalité, fraternité” and who increasingly slaughtered anyone whose views differed from Robespierre. The term continues today, with similar physically left-right distribution of comparable views within the U.S. legislative chamber.