alt Hacker NewsRight wing originally meant the people defending the divine right of Louis XVI and defending the ultra-rich has been a throughline ever since.
Right wing originally meant the people defending the divine right of Louis XVI and defending the ultra-rich has been a throughline ever since.
That's about as relevant to today as what the left orginally stood for (and what the right originally opposed):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror
Times change. Thankfully.