Wherein people find themselves in discussions of contemporary politic, the dyadic will often times boil down to an exchange of rhetoric which is functionally the same, only differing in application, but not substantive causality.

Moreover, the discussion typically remains a debate over the usage of the machinery of the state, daring not to broach the ever so sensitive subject as to why that machinery exists in the first place.

For example, the leftist and the rightist may disagree on the uses of one's taxes, with the leftist supporting a tax policy that allocates funds towards healthcare and education, while the rightist conversely supports a distribution of funds towards a strengthened military and law enforcement apparatus.