Right-wing facts for kids
Someone who is right-wing in politics is usually someone who supports social or economic conservatism. In other words, someone who is "right-wing" usually supports tradition and the way things are. People who are extremely right-wing are called "reactionary", and want to either return to the way things were before, or more often start as a reaction against left-wing ideas which are spreading in a country.
The right-wing supports tradition and authority. The right-wing in some countries, like the United States, may also usually be in support of social liberalism and a capitalist economy where the government has little influence. Usually the right-wing thinks of society as similar to a living thing, what is called "organic society". They believe that society's customs and traditions are a collection of things that we have learned from the past and are useful and should be maintained as much as possible.
In the United States
One of the most popular right-wing presidents was Ronald Reagan.
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Images for kids
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1909 Conservative Party poster
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First edition of Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei, or Manifesto of the Communist Party, printed in England, 1848
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A Carlist flag
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On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus was cashiered.
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Tea Party protesters walk towards the United States Capitol during the Taxpayer March on Washington, 12 September 2009.
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Maharajadhiraja Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723-1775), King of Nepal, propagated the ideals of the Hindu text the Dharmasastra as his kingdom's ruling ideology
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Russell Kirk, 1963
See also
In Spanish: Derecha política para niños
