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[[File:Green New Deal Presser.jpg|right|275px|thumb|[[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] is a [[Progressivism|progressive]] [[Democrat]].]]

[[File:Green New Deal Presser.jpg|right|275px|thumb|[[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] is a [[Progressivism|progressive]] [[Democrat]].]]

'''Leftist''' refers to someone on the Left side of the [[political spectrum]], such as a particularly [[liberal]] member of the [[American]] [[Democrat Party]], a member of the [[British]] [[Labour Party]], a [[progressive]], [[socialist]], [[Democratic Socialist]], or (to the far Left) a [[Communist]]. A Leftist supports collectivism, more government control of the economy, direct government control over social policy (although there were some leftists, such as [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], [[Michel Foucault]], and [[Noam Chomsky]] who adhered to a purely [[anarchism|anarchistic]] view of the world), including federal control over education at all levels, lower [[military]] spending, censorship of religion, a [[Living Constitution|living constitution]], [[Same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriages"]], a more unisex society, [[globalism]], [[transnationalism]], [[feminism]], the [[homosexual agenda]], [[anti-Semitism]], [[racism]], support for [[Islam]], taxpayer-funded [[abortion]], and sometimes even taxpayer-funded [[terrorism]]<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/your-taxes-are-funding-terrorists-demand-that-this-stops</ref> and [[censorship]] of [[Christianity]] and [[social media]] in the public arena.

'''Leftist''' refers to someone on the Left side of the [[political spectrum]], such as a [[socialist]] or [[communist]]. A Leftist supports personal freedom, dismantling of oppressive hierarchies and institutions like capitalism and the state, ending discrimination, re-distribution of wealth and resources, support for the disabled and homeless and other marginalized groups, freedom of religion, international peace, the ability to harshly critique every aspect of society, a more unisex society, [[globalism]], [[transnationalism]], [[feminism]], support for Indigenous peoples against colonizers, [[anti-fascism]], easy access to healthcare and other human needs, [[abortion]], and much more, although leftism is a broad word and there are many leftist ideologies. See [[Marxism]], [[anarchism]], [[Maoism]], [[anarcho-communism]]. Despite claims by far rightists liberals are solidly right wingers, and soc dems like [[Bernie Sanders]] are not leftists but more centrists with progressive beliefs but no real anti-capitalist or anti-state motivation.

== Origins of leftist ideology ==

== Origins of leftist ideology ==