• markstos@lemmy.world
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    Imagine a beach of infinite length with one lemonade stand on it.

    Where do you open a second lemonade stand to maximize sales if people will buy from the closet stand?

    The answer: next to the first stand. Everyone to the left of your stand will find you are the best option and everyone to the right will choose the other.

    This model explains why two political parties along a spectrum can end up not too different from each other in an attempt to capture the most votes.

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      Weird how the republicans never use this logic to add dem policy, but democrats always use this logic to duplicate republican policy and messaging, and then eat shit in elections because betraying your base to do what the opposition wants is the best way to decrease turnout.