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The neo-liberal right sought to combine a market economy and economic deregulation with the traditional right-wing beliefs in patriotism, elitism and law and order. [10] [page needed] The political terms Left and Right were first used in the 18th century, during the French Revolution, referencing the seating arrangement of the French parliament.
However, as new right-wing groups emerged with no connection to historical fascism, the use of the term "right-wing extremism" came to be more widely used. [34] Jeffrey Kaplan and Leonard Weinberg argued that the radical right in the U.S. and right-wing populism in Europe were the same phenomenon that existed throughout the Western world.
Wade, the National Right to Life Committee is formed, the oldest and largest anti-abortion organization in the United States. [111] 1974. Robert Grant founds the American Christian Cause as an effort to institutionalize the Christian right as a politically active social movement. [112]
Hoover became a senior statesman of "conservative republicanism" until his death in 1964. His research center, the Hoover Institution, became a major think tank for the right. [114] [115] The Old Right accused Roosevelt of promoting socialism; some noted his upper class status and said he was a "traitor to his class". [116]
A belief in a transcendent order, which Kirk described variously as based in tradition, divine revelation, or natural law. An affection for the "variety and mystery" of human existence. A conviction that society requires orders and classes that emphasize natural distinctions. A belief that property and freedom are closely linked.
The organization capitalizes on the Constitutional right to religious freedom to protect the right of “religious believers” to act in any way they believe is in accordance with their religion.
Right-wing terrorism is terrorism motivated by a variety of far right ideologies and beliefs, including anti-communism, neo-fascism, neo-Nazism, racism, xenophobia and opposition to immigration. This type of terrorism has been sporadic, with little or no international cooperation. [432]
This distrust on the right hurt Taft's 1948 presidential ambitions. [17] The Southern Agrarian wing drew on some of the values and anxieties being articulated on the anti-modern right, including the desire to retain the social authority and defend the autonomy of the American states and regions, especially the South. [18]