Far left
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Far left and extreme left are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within the political spectrum. The terms far left and far right are often used to imply that someone is an extremist. Some groups considered to be far left do not wish to govern within the current institutional framework, and this may be what distinguishes them from other left-leaning groups. In several countries, the term far left has been associated with ideologies such as communism, socialism, social anarchism, anarchist communism, left communism, anarcho-syndicalism, Marxist-Leninism, Trotskyism, Maoism, and some branches of feminism and green politics/environmentalism.
The terms far left and far right are based on the assumption that political views can be coherently divided according to a left-right spectrum. The terms are subjective, and are often used with an underlying presumption that anything more radical than centrist views is extreme or wrong.
