I remain convinced that left-right are useless descriptors for determining political beliefs. Its main value appears to be partisan, in that the world can be divided approximately 50/50 between true believers and unbelievers. This artificial division can then be used for all manner of monolithic descriptions and projections of behaviour - not just political. The two modern political parties, Labor and Liberal, which supposedly define the left-right divide are so similar in outlook it is embarrassing. As a binary description left-right is only useful for the construction of strawmen. Is there a binary descriptor that is useful for describing political choices?
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