Alternatives to the Left-Right Paradigm.

[Egann]

badgenome said:

Egann said:

That said, putting Absolutism next to Darwinism is something I disagree with. They're opposites and don't share any ideals. I have no idea how to fix that.

Hmmm... I've always seen them as being about one step removed myself. The emperor ideally should be the strongest and most capable individual, and empires should ideally conquer as much as it reasonably can. Sounds like a totalitarian and collectivist form of Darwinism to me.

Yeah, but they have opposite mindsets behind them. In Darwinism the idea is that the best outperform the worst, that best and worst can change over time, and that the goal is to become better. In an empire it is assumed we already know who is best and who is worst, and the only goal is for the worst to serve the best.

They tend to arise in similar circumstances, but that's not the same as being related.