Left and right might as well be called red and blue, banana and cherry, etc. To the common guy (me) there's no real meaning behind it other than "us" and "not u

Left and right might as well be called red and blue, banana and cherry, etc. To the common guy (me) there's no real meaning behind it other than "us" and "not us" (= them). Thinking in these categories and acknowledging their existence is unhelpful to say the least and just highlights how broken the "debate platform" is (and it has crept into journalism as well). It's a shitfest I stopped trying to comprehend some time ago and a legacy system of times past that overstayed its welcome. Where's the nuance? Where is the meta discussion?