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Thats very true. But we'd also have fewer Leftists.

Do you think so?

I’m of a mind that the rank and file leftists - not those at the top who guide systems leftwards to remain entrenched - are that way because they’re simply low intelligence and as such they will always want to rely on others to lift them up being unable to do it themselves.

Young people are indoctrinated leftist but any who manages to stand on their own, or has a family to care for, break out of it.

For me it is no coincidence that every 2-party liberal democracy splits into thirds; it matches IQ distribution.

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Low Information Voter 1y ago 💬 2

I think "Left" and "Right" are very approximate boxes to sort beliefs into. I think there are far fewer "party line" true believers than is popularly believed.

Party Line true believers are disproportionately likely to be stupid, whatever their affiliations.

StackSats.IO 1y ago

Sure. They’re roll-up categories for different subgroups with their own ideologies and thoughts.

I see it more like traits - they exist on a spectrum and nobody remains static on that spectrum throughout their life but like most traits, completely upending them can be difficult and takes a long time.

Low Information Voter 1y ago 💬 1

I remember a year or two ago, the wife's cousin and cousin's husband came to stay for a bit (from the USA).

Both the cousin's husband and I were given strict instructions not to discuss politics, and I was further informed that he's a Democratic Party activist over there.

Needless to say, we ignored our orders, and got along famously, to much eye-rolling from the wives. Turns out we're both very critical of government corruption and overreach, especially on censorship, and he's an absolute loony gun-nut in a country where that's legal. He's promised to take me shooting if i visit.

People worth knowing are individuals, with their own unique "fingerprint" of views.

My personal pet conspiracy theory is that people who give a damn and are willing to give real thought to big problems secretly have more in common with each other than with the other 95% of humanity. But most would rather be waterboarded than admit this :p

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 8mo ago

I can't read discussions of "left vs right wing" without thinking of jreg's early work on the topic that had the same thesis as your comment here: far right and far left people must unite against centrists