Talk:Left-wing politics

1. Redirect Template:Dated maintenance category

Semi-protected edit request on 23 December 2024

Change the recommended "..., Marxism and Keynesianism, ..." under Economics to "..., Marxism, Keynesianism, ..." Anton Siligan (talk) 10:10, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

The link behind "Marxism and Keynesianism" leads to an article about a comparison between the two, so instead of separating with a comma, I'll use the complete article title ("Comparison of Marxian and Keynesian economics") for clarity. ObserveOwl 🎄 (talk) 17:06, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@ObserveOwl I wouldn't say that the comparison is as relevant as the two individual pages. Do you agree?

Happy new year! Anton Siligan (talk) 17:39, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Template:Yo Keynesian economics is already linked at "Template:Tq", and Marxian economics is linked at "Template:Tq". Those two links would probably be redundant if they were also inserted onto the "see also" hatnote. On the other hand, the comparison article doesn't seem to be linked outside that hatnote. ObserveOwl (talk) 17:51, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

File:Yes check.svg Done - thank you and merry Christmas! ObserveOwl 🎄 (talk) 17:08, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

The "Social progressivism and counterculture" section ignores the conservative and traditionalist

This section of the article is heavily biased and completely ignores the fact that the largest and most successful among the "left", namely communists/Marxist-Leninist and authoritarian socialists in general, were and still are highly conservative and at times outright reactionary in terms of the level of permissiveness they are willing to tolerate. The Soviet Union, China and much of the "third world" was even at times ideologically hostile towards what they would often describe as "bourgeoise decadence" yet there's no mention of this in the article. The recent Chinese state orchestrated campaign against "sissy men" is a great example, yet here we are to believe that "modern leftism" are united in their embrace of "Social progressivism". 46.162.125.17 (talk) 17:47, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

"Soviet Union, China and much of the "third world" " Second World in their case, the term used for the Eastern Bloc and its allies. The term Third World was used for the Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War. Dimadick (talk) 15:12, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Eastern bloc shouldn't be construed as synonymous with "Communist" bloc. The Eastern bloc were nations aligned with the Soviet Union. The People's Republic of China was never part of the Eastern bloc during the Cold War. China was more friendly to the USSR during Stalin's rule but relations deteriorated after his death. Similarly, Albania was part of the Eastern bloc until 1968, but withdrew in protest and a non-aligned Marxist-Leninist state after the USSR's invasion of Czechoslovakia. 2601:645:C582:1570:583E:E074:7318:D48B (talk) 12:57, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Yes, this section on social progressivism and counterculture is awful and highly misleading. Very USA-centric. The random quip about contemporary Cuba supporting LGTBQ+ rights contains no historical context whatsoever.

It should be extensively rewritten. 2601:645:C582:1570:583E:E074:7318:D48B (talk) 13:01, 25 May 2025 (UTC)