`It would be nice to know what are/were each nation's right-wing political parties, and whom from said parties became a leader of state.  18:08 Apr 14, 2003 (UTC)  == Impartiality, please ==  This article, as it stands, has a rather blatant left-wing bias. For example, fascism is closely linked to right-wing thinking by only the third sentence! Since fascism is a 'radical' ideology it would be anathema to anyone who regarded themselves as a  'conservative'. (Furthermore, fascism advocates large, intrusive government, and therefore could be considered more akin to  left-, rather than, right-wing philosophy, which advocates the exact opposite.)  Also: ``in theory anyone has an equal chance in a free market. However in practice, a free market is likely [...] to result in [...] almost all of the real ``power`` held by a small percentage of the population. Hence, it can also be considered a doctrine of the right-wing.`` Hence? *Hence*? This seems to imply as /fact/ that a doctrine of the right-wing is that power should be held by a small percentage of the populationwhich is at best, a highly disputable opinion, at worst, a complete nonsense.  :I agree with this criticism.  Economic ideology is better expressed somewhere else.  I've tried to rewrite it with a NPOV.  Let me know your thoughts.   The article now seems to imply that ``right-wing`` is the same as ``conservative``, in the sense of resisting political change.  However I have the impression that right-wing is defined simply by opposition to left-wing doctrines, not opposition to change in general.  The leftist agenda is for government-mandated equality, in the mild version proposing equal rights for everybody under the law, followed by income redistribution through taxation, and in the extreme version progressing to communism.  E.g., if the left propose abolishing a monarchy, then anybody who opposes this is on the right, and is also conservative.  However if someone was to propose establishing a monarchy in a place where none ever existed, this would still be right-wing, but not conservative.  Does this make any sense?     :The concepts of political ``left`` and ``right`` will always be difficult to define precisely, because they are inherently amorphous, but I would say it is unfair to categorize right-wing thinking as merely being in opposition to change from left-wingers.   :Speaking from a right-wing perspective, I would say that right-wing ideology is fundamentally *pragmatic* in naturei.e. right-wingers believe that change should take place in terms of *reform* of existing institutions which evolved over aeons and have successfully stood the test of time. Right-wingers are therefore naturally scornful of Marxist/Revolutionary ``idealists`` who believe in a ``Year Zero``, the discarding of all ``old`` ideas, and starting again from scratch (exemplified by such catastrophic failures Stalin's Five Year Plans, and Mao's Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution). In the case of the Cultural Revolution, 3000 years of Chinese culture was chucked down the pan, by ``enlightened`` left-wing philosophersalthough this is an extreme example, most left-wingers aspire to re-invent society in some such manner, and this will always be opposed not only by those who revere the past, but by those who have any grasp of pragmatism.  :Although Libertarianism refuses to categorize itself as either left- or right-wing, I would say that many modern right-wingers are libertarian in nature, in that they believe in the freedom of the individual from the interference of the state, as opposed to the state-centric paternalistic view of the Left. Low taxation is a fundamental principle of the Right, and low taxation necessarily results in a smaller role for government, and (it is argued) therefore greater individual freedom.  Hmmm its difficult this right-left wing thing, It seems to be something you instinctively ``know`` whether something is left or right wing, but when you come to define it in detail it becomes very difficult.  There seems as far as I can tell, to be two different strands of right-wing politics which often contradict each other. There is a ``conservative`` right which generally opposes change from tradition, generally defends priveliged elites and wealthy interest groups, and opposes egalitarianism and is generally suspicious of rampant capitalism, often prefering protectionism, and favouring small business.  And there is the ``free market`` or ``radical`` right, who are perhaps best exemplified by say Margaret Thatcher or Ronald Reagan who often profess to believe in traditional values etc, but advocate radical free market policies of deregulation, privatisatio