Protest in 2020 and French Assembly or 1789

Do the Terms Left-Wing and Right-Wing Still Mean Anything?

Nearing the quarter century mark of the 21st century why are we still using terminology from the 18th century, regarding the sitting arrangements of pre-revolutionary France’s Estates-General, forerunner to the current Assemblée National? Wherein, the royalists’ supporters sat on the right of the assembly and the anti-royalists on the left of Louis XVI’s legislature, who […]

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