Many point out, sometimes ironically, that reality has a left-leaning bias.
Science tend to support left-leaning policies. More educated people tend to lean left. And left leaning policies – as we find in, for instance, the Nordic countries – tend to yield better long term results for society as measured in health, well-being, trust, social and economic stability, social safety nets, and more.
For me, this is rooted in something more fundamental: Reality has a oneness bias.
Existence is a seamless system. Earth is a seamless living system. Society is a seamless social system.
Policies that acknowledge this interconnectedness tend to yield more favorable outcomes, simply because they are more aligned with reality.
Life is interconnected, so it makes sense for our view – and our policies – to acknowledge that.
It’s perfectly possible for a conservative orientation to take interconnectedness into account, and support society as a whole and the living systems we are part of. After all, a conservative orientation means – at least traditionally – to take care of what’s most important to us, and that’s life and the web of life we are all part of.
And yet, in practice in the world today, it tends to be the more left-leaning orientations that take interconnectedness into account, with the Nordic countries as an (imperfect but pretty good) example.