Ideology Impairs Sound Reasoning

Re:Ideology Impairs Sound Reasoning by fabianhjr on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:32PM (#18908872)

> Both sides

What both sides? (Two? most compasses, that are already reductionist, have many more quadrants)

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Re:Ideology Impairs Sound Reasoning by aaronbrethorst on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @01:16AM (#18909155)

It looks like everyone above you in this comment thread is talking about U.S. politics, which is polarized between two political parties, Democrats and Republicans.

As long as the United States continues to use first-past-the-post voting schemes to determine the winners in electoral contests, we will continue to have a two party system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law)

Hence "both sides."

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Re:Ideology Impairs Sound Reasoning by atoav on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:34AM (#18910411)

I’d argue that also a centrist has an ideology. Or a non voter. The division between left and right is tempting, but ultimately fails to remind us, that most people don’t really fit into that concept of two sides ideologically

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Re:Ideology Impairs Sound Reasoning by stcredzero on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:32PM (#18912976)

I’d argue that also a centrist has an ideology.

I'm a left-leaning centrist whose attention has shifted more towards a 2nd political axis of Anti-Authoritarianism.

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