 An ideology is a set of conscious and unconscious ideas that constitute one's goals, expectations, and actions.  Ideologies are systems of abstract.

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 An ideology is a set of conscious and unconscious ideas that constitute one's goals, expectations, and actions.  Ideologies are systems of abstract thought applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics.

 A political spectrum is a system of classifying different political positions upon one or more geometric axes that symbolize independent political dimensions.  Most long-standing spectra include a right wing and left wing, which originally referred to seating arrangements in the French parliament after the Revolution (1789–99).

 Socialism emphasizes:  Collectivism: Human beings are social by nature, and society should respect this. Individualism is poisonous.  Public ownership: Society, not individuals, should own the property.  Central economic planning: The government plans the economy; there is no free market.  Economic equality: All citizens have roughly the same level of prosperity.

 Liberalism emphasizes:  Individualism: The individual takes priority over society.  Freedom: Individuals have the right to make choices for themselves. This freedom is not absolute, and some behaviors, such as murder, are prohibited. Freedom of religion is a particularly important freedom to come out of liberalism because so many governments at the time were very closely tied to a particular religious creed.  Equality: No person is morally or politically superior to others. Hierarchies are rejected.  Rationalism: Humans are capable of thinking logically and rationally. Logic and reason help us solve problems.

 Progress: Traditions should not be kept unless they have value. New ideas are helpful because they can lead to progress in the sciences, the economy, and society.  The free market: Liberalism and capitalism go hand in hand. Liberals like the free market because it more easily creates wealth, as opposed to traditional economies, which often have extensive regulations and limits on which occupations people can hold.

 Conservatism emphasizes:  Stability: Stability is a precious thing, and change must be made gradually in order to preserve it. Undermining stability is very dangerous because societies can easily fall into chaos and violence. Classical liberals frequently called for revolution, which opens the door to great turbulence, according to the classical conservative view.  Concreteness: Liberalism is too abstract. It focuses on freedom and equality, not on the concrete way people live every day.

 Human fallibility: Liberalism overestimates human beings. Humans are frequently ignorant, prejudiced, and irrational. By ignoring these defects, liberalism becomes unrealistic.  Unique circumstances: There is no universal answer to the problems of society; the circumstances are unique in each country.

 The problem with conventional approaches to the left-right political spectrum is that they either fail to define the alternatives in question, or proceed to define them in terms of non-essentials.  One common approach, for instance, fails to specify the precise nature of either side

 Another ill-conceived approach to the left-right political spectrum is the attempt by some to define the political alternatives by reference to the size or percentage of government.