• emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    The division of political ideologies into left and right derives from the French Parliament which had the monarchists on the right and the liberals on the left.

    The names yes, but the basic conflict is much older, Europe itself had the Guelph-Ghibelline conflict.

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      3 days ago

      Perhaps it us my American education in geography, but isn’t France still part of Europe?

      The Gelph-Ghibelline conflict was about secular monarchism vs religious authority. Im not sure I see the point you’re making.