It simplifies complex variations of our opinions into easy to control handles that we unfortunately are prone to buy into.
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But surely we are prone to buy into them *because* they fit into these easy-to-control handles?
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So does your parliamentary system, capitalism, nationalism, a pair of trousers, the motor car, and a long list of other things we still use
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But those things have evolved considerably, or been so useful they didn't need to. The left-right spectrum hasn't and isn't.
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I see left and right on a circle. Both meet at the bottom!
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When you walk down the aisle on the floor of the House of Representatives, the GOP is to your right, and the Dems to the left.
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Because it's as good a delineation as any. Prefer Red vs Blue as per the Romans? Black vs White (colours, not race). Long vs Short?
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Do we have to have a dichotomy? Why can't we encourage people to think more freely than to just lump them into one of two camps?
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