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    1. Taylor Pearson‏Verified account @TaylorPearsonMe 23 Apr 2019
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      “My hypothesis is that rightism is what happens when you’re optimizing for surviving an unsafe environment, leftism is what happens when you’re optimized for thriving in a safe environment.” A Thrive/Survive Theory Of The Political Spectrum https://buff.ly/2Po6FTP pic.twitter.com/WukCTdfD5V

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    2. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 24 Apr 2019
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      i think about this all the time. it’s the closest thing i have to an anchor in the choppy seas of political language

      3 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Apr 2019
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      Hmm. This seems vaguely tautological to me. I agree obviously, but is it weighty enough to be an anchor idea?

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    4. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 24 Apr 2019
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      If it’s tautological, it sounds like you’ve already internalized it. I use it instead of alternative schemes like “left=likes change; right=fears change”

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Apr 2019
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      I think it's more basic than left/right or progressive/conservative. Something like a territory of abundance/scarcity crossed with a particular history of exploration gives you a variety of inherited/acquired dispositions, of which those legible political ones have names.

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Apr 2019
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      There are statistically uncommon ways of being (for example) abundance minded but rightist, where abundance is seen as the gift of tradition. Or scarcity minded but progressive (environmentalism).

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Apr 2019
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      I think right/left proper is better anchored in strength of disgust response at novelty rather than abundance/scarcity. It is a much shallower thing, but also much harder to shake off.

      12:09 PM - 24 Apr 2019
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        2. will minshew‏ @wminshew 24 Apr 2019
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          am a personal fan of kling's three axes/languages: conservatives: civilization v barbarism liberals: oppressors v oppressed libertarians: freedom v coercion

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        3. will minshew‏ @wminshew 24 Apr 2019
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          ah see I've already been beaten to the punch elsewhere in the comment-tree

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        2. Isaac M. Morehouse‏ @isaacmorehouse 24 Apr 2019
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          I like that overlapping Postrel and Sowell to get constrained/unconstrained, stasis/dyanamist

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        3. Isaac M. Morehouse‏ @isaacmorehouse 24 Apr 2019
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          https://isaacmorehouse.com/2016/05/17/constrained-unconstrained-stasist-dynamist/ …

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