Right-wing politics
Right-wing politics is a kind of politics that supports social or economic conservatism.
Beliefs
Someone who is "right-wing" usually supports tradition and keeping things the way that they already are. The right-wing supports tradition and authority. The right-wing in some countries, like the United States, often supports social conservatism 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.
Types
People who are very right-wing are called "reactionary", and want to either return to the way things were before, such as neoreaction, or more often start as a reaction against left-wing ideas which are spreading in a country or two.
Famous right-wing politicians
Right-wing Politics Media
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Anti-communist propaganda poster depicting the White movement which says "For a united Russia", 1919
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Darwin's biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest were applied to sociology, economics and politics (social Darwinism).
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In Quadragesimo Anno, Pope Pius XI (r. 1922–1939) declared socialism and communism irreconcilable with Christianity.
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1962 press photo
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American anti-communist propaganda of the 1950s, specifically addressing the entertainment industry
