Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“In The Myth of Left and Right, the Lewis brothers argue that the concept of there being a real, single dimensional political spectrum with a left wing at one end of it and a right wing at the other end of it that is timeless and spans borders is a myth. They claim that what we call ‘ideology’ in this domain is really a matter of who you belong with — not a coherent commitment to any underlying worldview such as markets or equality or any other single dimensional dichotomy for that matter. In contrast, Bryan Caplan’s ‘simplistic theory’ claims that leftists are, at bottom, anti-market, whereas rightists are anti-left. This means that the Lewis brothers and Caplan already have the same theory of what defines the right wing if you think about it.” (10/08/25)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/cues-vs-content-a-proposal-to-empirically