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WI the 1960's/70s social movements' ie racial equality, women rights, environmentalism, were championed by right-wing parties in the West?

In the early 1960's these socially progressive tendencies (well not really environmentalism, which didn't really exist at time in the way we think of it now) were not exactly a major feature of most left-wing parties. For instance in the Australian and British Labour parties there were many who saw these a 'frivilous' middle-class concerns, as opposed to the solely economic agenda they espoused. Also in the late 1950's and early 1960's many Conservatives in the UK were in favour of homosexual law reform.

Also trade unions have often been as opposed to environmentalism as business interests have.

So what POD would be required to have these social movements be supported by right-wing parties? How would this affect the political spectrum as we see it today. It was around this time that a lot of the current political demographics in terms of party support that we see today was set in place. For instance under this ATL I think that a lot of the middle/upper-middle class professionals who now support left-wing parties would not. Up until the 1960's/70's this group would have been considered a natural right-wing constituency for instance.
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