User talk:Jeric293

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Regarding your question on Fascism

It's important to understand the mainstream academic description of right and left. See our articles on Right-wing politics and Left-wing politics. Right-wing politics supports hierarchy (and a hierarchical ordering of society) as right, just, or natural; hence, it encompasses everything from fascism to monarchism to racial hierarchies to capitalism, even though they differ wildly in terms of the nature of hierarchy. Conversely, left-wing politics generally opposes hierarchy, which means it encompasses everything from state-based efforts to eliminate hierarchy (via communism, socialism, or more radical forms of democracy) on one hand to complete anti-state anarchism on the other - yes, anarchism is generally considered a left-wing ideology. As an aside, a lot of people are confused on the meaning of the terms because of the specific rhetoric used by right-wing parties in America, but if you look at their goals and ideology it's reasonably clear that the American right still endorses hierarchy - hence why eg. closing the income gap is a left-wing idea. --Aquillion (talk) 13:24, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]