Left wing and right wing change too. Right wing used to be pro monarchy and pro imperialism, left wing used to be revolutionary, in favor of enlightenment ideals. TO know what they represent now, just look at the media.

Politics is binary, you twat... different kinds of federalism

You literally just disproved your own claim

thanks for the laugh

No, I didn't disprove my claim at all

Nice thread gay boy

In a binary system, there is no inbetween. Male or female (biologically) 1 or 0 (except for quantum computers). Retarded or not retarded

You cannot have the principles of your binary system to be variables. Plus you can't just group economics and sociology just because you want to be right. There are more than two variables and more than two fundamentals.

Politics is not binary you idiot.

You obviously don't know don't what binary means

You are using computer and biological terminology to talk about politics
This is like saying you can't have gray because only black and white exists, and gray is only created when you mix black and white
Which is my point

Politics is a social construct, which allows for the color gray to be created

Politics do not just allow black, white and grey, but also every other colour you can imagine.
The Problem is, that People are stupid and tend to think black/white.

funniest thing about people:

- most people think the average person is an idiot
- most people think they're much smarter than average

It's not just black, white, and gray. It's the whole damn light spectrum. Please tell me who was in charge of your lobotomy, I need a word with them.

A Spectrum is a binary you twat

It's all a matter of wavelength

It may look a different color, but the universe doesn't see color
All it is, is light at different wavelength
Longer wave length vs shorter wavelength
AKA polar opposites aka binary

"longer" or "shorter" is not a definitive definition of anything. Longer in context of what? How can you they be fundamentals of a binary system when they themselves are reliant on other factors? Why do I have to explain this to you?

You are very close minded
You're still trying to use computer terminology to apply to social structures
You have the light spectrum

Gamma ray
X-ray
UV
Visible light
Infrared
Microwave
Radio

The shorter you wavelength is, the closer to gamma rays you get
The longer your wavelength is, the closer to radio waves you get

You have TWO directions
TWO polar opposites

This isn't a digital system like we have in humans, where it's preset to only have TWO options(Ignoring anomalies)
As the way you get gender is the combinations of XX and XY

Skin color however is an analogue system
You have your preset skin color
And it will gradually darken when exposed to sunlight, your skin does not automatically get from normal to dark brown instantly, because your skin doesn't do that

You are confusing analogue and digital

Ok, so you've defined it as polar and non-polar forces. In this way, the light spectrum could be considered binary, yes. But the political spectrum does not have only one polar or one non-polar side, it has multiple extremes.

Now at least I understand what you two are talking about. I think the two extremes in politics are supposed to be complete government control and no government control.

@Tungsten I get what you mean with multiple extremes, but you should list some. As far as I know, most people just look at amount of government control.

@Tacomanfrompennsylvania

Politics has multiple extremes, but they are not in the same line, they are multiple binary lines

Financial Policies: Free Vs Restrictive

Social Policies: Free VS Restrictive

etc...

It's possible to have a country that:
Bans gay marriage but is communist: North Korea
Bans gay marriage but is capitalist: Most Muslim countries
Allows gay marriage and is communist(socialist): Portgual
Allows gay marriage and is capitalist: USA

The reason why there hasn't been a communist country with gay marriage can be because when you go extremely restrictive on any level, it prevents you from being free in other aspects

Political ideologies are a combination of these policies
Even social policies can be broken down even smaller
The Republic party has a very capitalistic view
but they are restrictive on social views, but they are very big on freedom of speech and right to bear arms
They tend to be cigar and cigarette smokers, but dislike weed

The Democratic part has a socialist view
but they are very free on social views, and they vocal supporters to
Tend to agree with recreational weed, but dislike cigar and cigarette smokers

American politics makes there only be two major parties, with preset combinations

When everything is broken down you realize all ideologies are a combination of preset extremes

There is no "centrist" stance, because voting itself or support itself is binary
It begins with do you agree? The response will be Yes or No

The middleground will come from compromise of opposite sides

There's still cultural side of politics

Extreme left: Accelerationism

Extreme right: primitivism

What the are you talking about
What does that even mean, and what does that have to do with what we're talking about
You just can't drop me these terms and expect me to understand

Cultural side to politics?
Culture dictates politics, machismo, poverty, islam, religion,

Just cause you're extreme left doesn't mean your country will progress into this utopia, nor will being extreme right make it go primitive

The only things that make countries become primitive is islam

People bend the truth and straight up lie all the time in politics, so don't believe anything without doing further research.

This is why I always think less of people that know almost zero about history.

I won't bother with your retarded claim on Islam

Anyways, politics can be divided by Economics, Culture, and Government.

A culturally right political stance favors "traditional values"

A culturally left political stance favors "progress"

The extremes between the two are primitivism and accelerationism. The former will kill more people than any other ideology, and the latter will kill more people than any other ideology.

That is one thing that needs to be compromised. Some things, like gas powered cars and hydrogen bombs, need to be removed, and some things, like wind energy and farm efficiency, need to be improved.