The 1 word essence of the political right?

[Idaho]

The "right" is just the powers that be, the status quo, those who know which side their breads buttered.

When things are going generally well, they say they deserve their station in life because they are doing such good job. When things go badly they blame it all on those scruffy poor people.

[Rhyfelwyr]

The "right" is just the powers that be, the status quo, those who know which side their breads buttered.

You can't be so autistic as to define everybody else in relation to your own beliefs. The current establishment might be right-wing in relation to your personal beliefs, but most people would consider the mainstream parties to be fairly centrist.

[Idaho]

You can't be so autistic as to define everybody else in relation to your own beliefs. The current establishment might be right-wing in relation to your personal beliefs, but most people would consider the mainstream parties to be fairly centrist.

The mainstream of our culture's politics is, by definition, going to be "cebntrist".

Politics is the study of power relationships. It is all about the power relations between us and others. You are in some fantasy of conservative thought where right and left are these pure notions, elements that were created along with hydrogen and carbon.