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"the only dichotomy that matters in political economies is that between the wealthy and powerful and everyone else" I always think of this as putting on differ
by pfisch 5y ago
"the only dichotomy that matters in political economies is that between the wealthy and powerful and everyone else"
I always think of this as putting on different pairs of glasses to see the world through different lenses. That is one lens. left-right is another lens.
There is no "the only lens that matters". There are many lenses which have different degrees of predictive power depending on what you are observing. You don't use a microscope to look at the stars.
- clairity 5y agoleft-right is the worst of political dichotomies. it provides no purpose other than to arbitrarily divide the world into good vs. bad from the perspective of the viewer. that’s meant to solely benefit politicians, not provide any clarity, because it collapses the acceptable political narratives down into a palatably small set from which the politician can form a base. in short, it’s pure bullshit.