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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Yes, I agree - we've developed governance institutions to coordinate the behavior of interconnected 'Dunbar tribes'. However, Kojin Karatani's narrative of political evolution changed my outlook on the evolution of these political institutions: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Kojin_Karatani
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In his 'Structure of World History' he re-interprets Marx by focusing on modes of exchange instead of modes of production. He believes capitalist commodity exchange will be replaced by egalitarian sharing through associations between free individuals that transcend communities.
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