Evolutionary psych: Most instincts empower us more than they constrain us. Conservativism: Most traditions empower us more than they constrain us. 'Social justice activists': Any undergrad can out-smart 525 million years of vertebrate evolution & 10,000 years of civilization.
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This is besides the point, it's not the definitions but rooting the modern political spectrum in biological processes that I take issue with
What else would you root modern political processes in? Transcendental 'natural rights'? Cultural hegemonies that spring full-grown from nowhere?
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Evolution through natural selection takes millions of years while civilization has grown exponentially in a few millennia. The same mechanisms don't apply.
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The US Constitution was built on the foundation of transcendental 'natural rights'. Perhaps Jefferson was a liberal. (of course, it IS firmly rooted in the context of English law fwiw).
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Processes are more a result of rational thought. The virality of ideologies, however, tends to hinge on the charisma of their champions rather than the efficacy or morality of their ideas.
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