Some basic things fought for by the left over time.
Unionism
Redistribution of wealth
Free education
Social security/Pensions
Universal health care
Civil Rights
Anti discrimination laws
Unemployment benefits
Child care
Women's rights
Health and safety at work
Environmentalism
Anti-Pollution laws.
Vacations
Religious Freedom
Etc etc.
Some very basic principles that have at one time been adopted.
In fact so invisible did they become in our daily lives that many have forgotten what it was like before they became popular.
Boring even.
Which brings to mind a song
.
,
You don't know what you have got until it is gone.
Something conservatives are banking upon.
Yep, the left is boring, until it's gone.