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The Myth of Left and Right: Caplan and Hanson Interview the Lewis Brothers

Policy@McCombs

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The Limitations of the Left-Right Spectrum

The speakers discuss the limitations of the left-right spectrum and argue that it assumes a unidimensional spectrum which does not account for the complexity of different ideologies. They use the examples of religions, such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism, to show that these beliefs do not exist on a one-dimensional spectrum. The speakers also highlight how religions often categorize anyone who disagrees with them as belonging to a single opposing worldview.

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