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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 13 Aug 2018
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    Left/Right makes it seem like there is a natural 50-50 split in the collective psyche. There isn’t. The human psyche is default right-wing. Varied liberalisms have acquired a persistent foothold only in last 200 years because they are an adaptive memetic mutation for modernity.

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 13 Aug 2018
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        You could even say that liberalism (everything from classical liberalism to social democrat flavors) exists in the epistemic cracks of conservatism like grass in the cracks between flagstones. It is sustained by the failures of conservatism in describing the world.

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      1. Sreeharsha #SaveKBR‏ @nanoharsha 13 Aug 2018
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        Interesting ..

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      1. John David Pressman‏ @jd_pressman 13 Aug 2018
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        I remember being de-facto TA for the computer classes in high school. There was this girl who left the room to have a freakout because of furries on DeviantArt. We ended up having a talk about how the future is only going to get weirder and she'd have to tough it out.

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      2. Josh McMichael‏ @jmcmichael 13 Aug 2018
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        Perhaps the human psyche is default left-wing (reciprocity, mutual aid, tolerance) to their *in-groups* (family, tribe) and right-wing (barter, market-exchange, suspicion) with their out-group. Liberalism then works to institutionalize larger in-groups to national scale.

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        In groups are not egalitarian and haven’t been for at least 6000 years though

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      1. Patrick Dugan‏ @duganist 13 Aug 2018
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        And some would say liberals aren't left.

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      2. Brett Scott‏Verified account @Suitpossum 13 Aug 2018
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        Aren't various liberalisms considered right wing? What is the definition of 'right' here?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 13 Aug 2018
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        Feels like that’s in serious contention at the moment. Feels like “free speech” (with or without scare quotes) is the wedge issue that has recolored classical liberals red from blue. The other liberalisms are more unambiguously blue.

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      2. foo‏ @slashdottir 13 Aug 2018
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        Ethics seems to be a purely human invention. It doesn't seem to exist much elsewhere in nature. Exceptions can sometimes be found in animals that have all their needs met and can afford to live a life above mere survival.

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        Counter examples: the crow that raised a kitten, the whale that saved a diver from a shark and other such stories of animal compassion

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