when I read reddit, I see their people (mostly from US) choose friends and life partners base on either leftist or rightist political view.

what is the equivalent of that view in Malaysia? here I see all fighting for R&R only. or does it not exist here?

left is syed saddiq
right is akmal

We got helang and pipit only.

You can't simply fit into left/right in this way.

Even the left/right definition in US is different from UK.

DAP used to be Left but they are now more like a lalang on the wall.

All to the right with PN and PuAS going into far right

Here no left or right

Only earth prince vs others

helang vs pipit vs klang

This example cannot be applied for Malaysia.
Republicans are known as conservatives but you drop them in Malaysia they become progressives. It is all relative to their opponents.

We have many signs of being left leaning. Protectionism ....we love to protect our industries, religion, special rights, class rights.
Division of wealth ...gov trying to tax or exclude subsidies from T20. M40 and redistribute wealth to B40, special discounts to certain class.
collectivism ....oh we love this, race , religion....

There is none

There are populist, conservative, reformist, socialist, regional, religious and centrist only.
Mix and mash or pick any.

There are no left or right here. Just the ones in power and the ones who are not in Malaysia.

Our politician's policies can go from populist to conservative to religious to socialism in a matter of seconds if it helps them garner votes.

Taliban VS liberal

malaysia only got up and down. no left or right.

Left loves DEI

What is the equivalent of DEI in this country?

My formula for malaysians is simple: If it only affects other people, malaysians are right-wing conservatives. If it affects them, they become left-wing liberals.

It's like you can be the most anti-DEI guy ever, but then also support malaysia ratifying ICERD.

left is hindraf
right is mic

And then among the pipits

U have type M pipits and non type M pipits

We don't have an equivalent.

In US, both sides are actually liberals.
The leftist progressives are modern liberals and the right wing conservatives are basically classical liberals.

The left wing believes in equality of outcome, so things like quota systems (DEI) where let's say the country is 50:50 women and men, then you should hire 50:50 women and men in fire departments for example.
The right wing believes in equality of opportunity, so the idea of merit, you hire based on who is best for the job.

The left wing believes in welfare systems to help the poor, so generally they have high tax which they use to redistribute to the poor.
The right wing believes in creating jobs for the poor, so generally they cut taxes so companies have more money so they can hire more people.

This post has been edited by silic0sis: Apr 24 2025, 11:46 AM

we have PuAS, BN, PuAS wannabee and BN 2.0.

You tell me which one is left which one is right

MY only got SHIT and MORE SHIT and MOST SHIT

nothing else

it's all SHIT

The chart is not even correct. Historically both left and right practice protectionism, often with the right being more aggressive about it.

As for Malaysia, we don’t even know left or right. Cannot walk straight also. That’s why we are part of the so called “Non Aligned Movement”, because we tada alignment. Our alignment and balancing hapus long time ago already.

This post has been edited by dev/numb: Apr 24 2025, 11:52 AM

Malay is left , and cina is right ???

Indian people will be left out like always