Have there been any studies or theories why, around the world, even in multiparty parliamentary democracies, the left/right axis has emerged as the dominant one?
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I suspect that the real phenomenon is just that it tends to be bicameral. The “left” / “right” labels are just applied to the sides.
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Hmm what other bindings can exist? Do you mean like Protestant vs Catholic in early modern Europe?
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Progressive/conservative is a mapping of the arrow of time; there’s only forward or back.
The present has no value to politics.
Alternately you’re either appealing to your parents or your children.
It’s all based in the insanity that is dualistic thinking.
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I think at the base level the division is between order and chaos. One gives rise to the other, as one only makes sense in relation to other - you need order to manage chaos, chaos to counter order
The right and left are labels on this measurement of tolerance to uncertainty
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