The terms "left" and "right" appeared during the French Revolution when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the king to the president's right and supporters of the revolution to his left.
A leftist generally advocates for individualism and egalitarianism. The individual tends to emphasize personal rights while neglecting personal responsibilities. When widely adopted, this leads to social decay. Egalitarianism is the advocation of equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity.
A rightist generally advocates a philosophy which revolves around not doing much. He, as a conservative, essentially argues keeping things the way they are rather than supporting change.
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