About 50% of people are left-wing, about 50% right wing. Probably just down to normal human variation. Doubt either side can ever win.
I think it's more that left & right forms itself around centre which moves a lot.
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Yeah, I've heard that argument- the overton window and all that. Still - I think it's credible that we tend to be l or r brained
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Or maybe some normal distribution peaking in the political center.
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But centre varies so widely in time & place. Maybe what's innate is our tendency to take a position in relation to it.
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You're right again! Our current politics are off the map compared to social positions of centuries past.
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Interesting to see what a tendency to conservatism really is.
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I'm not sure, but it's interesting to consider that political orientation might just be a natural variation in people's brains.
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Some people seem naturally more predisposed to feelings of disgust, threat response & less inclined to rebelling against norms.
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Yes, I have seen this too but I think we can get a utopia. It's just that when we do, some ppl will reach for something else
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Saw comparison of our Tories with America's Democrats on key issues. Very close match. Their Left is our Right.
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Yeah, I think there's quite a wide variation between countries over what constitutes the political centre. Still.
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