Yeah, in fact I think most of the domestic opposition also comes from this backlash (in poli sci it’s called “negative partisanship”). The right starts to oppose animal welfare policy not on its merits but simply because the left supports it—another reason to strive not to polarize the issue.
Yeah, in fact I think most of the domestic opposition also comes from this backlash (in poli sci it’s called “negative partisanship”). The right starts to oppose animal welfare policy not on its merits but simply because the left supports it—another reason to strive not to polarize the issue.
This fits in to Bryan Caplan’s simple theory of politics, on which the defining feature of the right wing is simply opposing the left.