The usual view of the political spectrum is this kind of smooth dichotomy, almost a yin-yang emblem. There's one side, there's the other side, there's a lot in the middle, and then there's the "horseshoe theory" connection between the two far ends, almost like a wormhole.

There are several problems with this view.

1) Politics isn't unidimensional. There are more dimensions, including several that are very well known and influential.

2) Even if we focus on this conservative-liberal essence, it's probably not accurate to represent the idea as a single variable on a spectrum.

3) Depicting conservative-liberal as a spectrum implies that the ends are complementary and equally valid.

What happens when 3 fails, for example when one end of the spectrum develops an aversion to information, science, education, empathy, etc?

Now you've got two sides, still, but one of them is frequently or largely wrong. Yet there's this illusion that both have a lot to offer, even are equally valid.

I'm for equality and egalitarianism, but I'm not for telling people their delusions are real.