• Paragone@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Reactionary: the opposite-end of the political-spectrum, in this case…

    Radical’s left, reactionary’s right.

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    • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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      23 hours ago

      As far as I’m aware, radical does not automatically mean left and reactionary doesn’t mean right.

      Radical means extreme. Reactionary does in fact just mean reacting and trying to stop/turn back newer political decisions. The left in the USA or during Nazi Germany for example are reactionary , as they couldn’t set the pace themselves but instead had to react what the fascists were doing.