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> The right wing wants to help people in the long term and the left wing wants to help people in the short term. The right-wing wants to narrow the concentrati
by dragonwriter 6mo ago
> The right wing wants to help people in the long term and the left wing wants to help people in the short term.
The right-wing wants to narrow the concentration of power and increase inequality and rigidity of social heirarchy, the left-wing wants to increase the distribution of power and decrease inequality and rigidity of social heirarchy.
Each side views their orientation as being what helps people (or, at least, the people who should be helped) in the long term, and usually the short term as well.