Wikipedia on left-right interpretation

Wikipedia is just overflowing with links and attempts to explain left and right.

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Equal outcomes (left) versus consistent processes (right).

Redistribution of wealth and income (left), or acceptance of inequalities as a result of the free market (right).

Whether the government's policy on the economy should be interventionist (left) or laissez-faire (right).

Support for widened lifestyle choices (left), or support for traditional values (right).

Whether the state should prioritise equality (left) or liberty (right). Both the left and the right tend to speak in favor of both equality and liberty - but they have different interpretations.

Whether human nature is more malleable (left) or intrinsic (right).

Whether the government should promote secularism (left) or religious morality (right).

Collectivism (left) versus individualism (right).

Support for internationalism (left), or national interest (right).
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Support for the economic interests of the less privileged classes (left) or of the more privileged (right).

Fair outcomes (left) versus fair processes (right).

Specifically, acceptance of the inequalities in wealth and income which result from the free market (right), or redistribution of wealth and income, normally through government intervention funded through taxation (left).

Generally, the political debate is about the extent to which the government should (left) or should not (right) intervene in the economy in order to benefit the relatively poor.

In general, whether the government's policy on the economy should be interventionist (left) or laissez-faire (right).

Preference for a larger and more interventionist government (left) versus a smaller government (right).

Whether the state should prioritise equality (left) or liberty (right).

Whether human nature and society is malleable (left) or fixed (right), or whether human behavior is determined by nurture or nature. This was proposed by Thomas Sowell.

Whether human beings are naturally good and happy, and evil and suffering are the product of an "unfair" society (left), or human beings are naturally bad and unhappy, so evil and suffering are inescapable elements of the human condition (right).

Whether the government should promote secularism (left) or religion (right).

Collectivism (left) versus individualism (right).

A preference for innovation and change (left) or a preference for conservatism and an insistence that innovations must be justified (right).

Different ways of responding to conflict: conversation (left), negotiation (centre), and force (right). This formulation was proposed by the political philosopher Charles Blattberg. (Blattberg 2001, p.20 et.seq.)

Whether law creates and subordinates culture (left), or culture creates and subordinates law (right). This formulation was put forward by US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

Support for national independence, autonomy and sovereignty, especially for smaller groups (left), as opposed to support for legitimate states and governments (right).

Support for internationalism and cosmopolitan attitudes (left), as against "narrow" national interest (right).
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Some interesting food for thought if you're not sure where you fit in.