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Why Democracy Avoids Total Disaster
- Caplan asks why democracy isn't much worse given mass political ignorance.
- He credits low voter attention and status quo friction for preventing disastrous popular policies.
Markets Vs. Anti-Left As Core Divide
- Caplan's 'simplistic theory': the left is defined by anti-market sentiment and the right by opposition to the left.
- He argues this captures global politics over two centuries despite exceptions.
Right Coalitions Bind By Anti-Left Sentiment
- Caplan sees right-wing coalitions uniting primarily through shared hatred of the left rather than ideological purity.
- He notes right coalitions include monarchists, militarists, and pro-market figures despite internal disagreements.