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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A stable-ish 3-part pattern is left + right + large independence movement (eg Quebec separatism back home in
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Oh that’s a neat observation
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I see. I thought you were asking why “left” / “right” — as in “liberal” v “conservative” — recurs. You’re asking why it tends toward bicameralism. That is only true in political systems dominated by winner-take-all dynamics (like USA)
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I was asking both I guess.
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Try Downs, An Economic Theroy of Democracy. There’s some interesting early game theory there.
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