Lets say l support right wing policies about "free market" but left wing about ownership/property ownership/guns.

Or none of my beliefs are radical, is more correct.

Does that make me a centrist or indecisive?

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[–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

I don’t feel like left and right wing are actually meaningful abstractions of human behaviour. Like, are those political wings reflective of people’s tendency to favour in-groups over outgroups or favour universality? Sort of, but not really! The wings are more like buckets of policy concepts that are more rooted in history of how governments and parties developed than anything fundamental. It’s an imperfect tool where people will, for instance, vote Tory because they think they’re better at economy, but not agree on their social policies.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    The left and right part of the word, literally comes from a historical context called the French Revolution.

    The people standing on the left side of the parliament, wanted to abolish the king.

    The people standing in the right side of the parliament, wanted to continue with a monarchy.

    Nowadays it has changed meaning, but that's all it originally conceptualised. Pro people or pro elites/royals.

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