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School · Politics from the start
Left and right: where these names come from
The two names were born from a place to sit, more than 200 years ago. This story tells where they came from, what they mean today and why so many people fit neither.
The path
- 1 1789It all began with a place to sit.
- 2 What it isThey are names for two ways of answering the same questions.
- 3 Two scalesThe economy is one scale. Social values are another.
- 4 Who says whatFour in ten Brazilians choose no side.
- 5 The label and the opinionThe label people give themselves does not always match what they think.
- 6 The difficultyAlmost half can't say what the names mean.
- 7 The meaning changesWhat was left-wing in 1789 would sound right-wing today.
- 8 What they are forThe names are a map, not a team jersey.
- 9 The two sidesEach side says what it values most.
- 10 The criticism“Left and right don't exist anymore. They're all the same.”