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That could be more an indicator of a lack of political consensus or a fractured political power then of ideological diversity. As a concrete analogy, let's pre
by kristopolous 9y ago
That could be more an indicator of a lack of political consensus or a fractured political power then of ideological diversity.
As a concrete analogy, let's pretend there's a monarchy and the king, with identical twins, dies. There can be a highly competitive power struggle in between the two heirs but not over anything ideologically different.
This happens in sports all the time. There's many highly competitive sports games, but the two teams are still playing the same game by the same rules; they don't represent different ideologies.
- Spooky23 9y agoThe "animal spirits" associated with a functional democratic process foster a culture where diversity of thought is at least possible. I live in city recovering from an extreme -- a long era of domination by an all-powerful, mafia-like political machine. 40 years ago, even uttering an idea not in line with the machine would result in retaliation. Talk to someone identified as an enemy, and your street doesn't get plowed. Do anything more, and your relatives will be blackballed from employment.