which is stronger on the political spectrum from the Far-left to Far - right .
Left-wing
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Right-Wing
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The ultimate proof rests in how many world governments fall toward the left vs the right. And an initial search reveals: https://www.quora.com/ Which is not perfect, but the placement of nations on the chart does seem consistent with what we know about how they operate. Based on this, a little more than a third are centrist enough to not really validate either end of the spectrum, and a solid third fall left, and a little less than a third fall right. This gives answering the left is stronger the edge. What I would prefer to conclude instead, however, is that there are very good reasons for landing in the middle and really the quest to paint everything as left vs right is just a mirage to justify either extreme. It's just a mirage. Side: Left-wing
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This is a very open question. By far left do you mean communism and by far right do you mean extreme capitalism? Do you mean liberalism versus conservatism? And by "stronger" do you mean it has more influence on the West, or do you mean one position is somehow less extreme than the other? I'm going to answer "right wing" on the assumption that you are talking about liberals versus conservatives (in the social sense). "Liberal", as we understand it today, is a relatively new concept. In the West, extreme liberalism is associated with censorship of speech and little tolerance for those who disagree (something of an irony, it may be argued). Modern Western liberal ideas came about from around the 1960s onwards but conservatism often grows to oppose it. In non-Western countries, traditional religious and cultural practices have usually remained in place and when these are under threat (admittedly not always from liberal ideas), this is when terrorist groups and ideologies tend to arise. Although liberal attitudes have a hold in Europe and the USA, the majority of the world is still socially conservative. In the economic sense, the right wing is stronger. Capitalist economies tend to be more productive than communist economies, and capitalism is more prevalent than communism in today's society. This being said, both ends of the spectrum are extremes and it should be noted that the majority of people fall between them, both socially and fiscally. Side: Right-Wing
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