From the standpoint of Marxism, or the proletariat, the so-called left is the person who represents the direction of historical progress, while Marxism points out that socialism will inevitably replace capitalism, so today's left is the person who advocates taking the socialist road. A problem that is often confused with left and right is the distinction between left and right. They also advocate the realization of socialist goals, because their understanding of reality is inconsistent, so they have differences on what measures to take. Those who are behind the actual situation are called right deviation, and those who are ahead of the actual situation are called left deviation. On the one hand, whether it is left or right, it belongs to the left and has a deviation in understanding; On the other hand, whether it is left or right, it will bring harm to the socialist revolution and construction, so we should guard against both left and right. The correct way to help people who have a wrong understanding of the left or right is to help them change their minds. The so-called defense only refers to preventing left or right deviations in strategy, not defending people like thieves, or even treating people as the object of revolution.
For the proletariat, it is the Rightists who advocate capitalism and vigorously defend capitalist society. Because the Rightists tried their best to safeguard the capitalist system and oppose the historical progress of socialism, they represented the force against historical progress. From the standpoint of the bourgeoisie, capitalist society will certainly last for 10 thousand years, so they don't admit that the left advocates socialism. In their view, the leftists may be called Utopians and Utopians. However, there are still disputes on how to safeguard the rights of the capitalist system. The main areas are divided into reformists and defenders (also known as conservatives). If reformists want to get rid of some disadvantages of capitalism and make some improvements, they will inevitably learn from socialism and move closer to socialism, and their policy propositions will inevitably reflect the interests of the middle and lower classes, so they are generally called left wing or left wing. Defenders (or conservatives) demand more to maintain the traditional capitalist free economy and oppose the improvement of capitalism, so their opinions must represent the interests of the upper class more, and are generally called right wing or right wing. But it is often not used to refer to the left and right. For example, the democratic party in the United States is left-wing, but it is usually called liberal, while the right-wing party in the United States is called conservative.
Compared with the concepts of left deviation and right deviation, there are differences between conservative, steady and radical in the specific implementation of policies. For example, the radical right wing strongly opposes the reform of the capitalist system, desperately opposes the reforms that have been carried out and advocates the abolition, which is generally called extreme conservatism, while the radical left wing advocates bold and rapid reforms, which is probably called extreme liberalism. We can see that in today's capitalist world, the opinions of the two factions have become blurred, and they are all moving closer to the middle, that is, conservative conservatives and conservative reformers are moving closer to each other.
In fact, there are differences between leftists and conservatives, moderates and radicals, but this is usually mixed with left and right tendencies, which is not easy to distinguish.
The habit of using "left" or "right" to distinguish factions originated from the third-level meeting of 1789 during the French Revolution.
At that time, in the National Association, Shan Zong was on the left and gironde was on the right.
Shanpai was a revolutionary Democrat in the National Association during the French Revolution, and it was named after sitting at the top of the conference hall. 1792 After gironde withdrew from the jacobin Conference, Shanpai actually became jacobins.
Philosophically speaking, the theory of the unity of subject and object and the combination of theory and practice is correct, and it is correct to implement the line, principles and policies in line with the reality at that time; If we go beyond the objective reality at that time and do something immature, it is left-leaning recklessness (adventurism); If we lag behind the reality at that time and don't do something when conditions are ripe, it is generally called right-wing conservatism (capitulationism).