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It has sometimes accured to me (and many others) that what we consider left and right consists of multiple issues that are assigned rather arbitarily to each side. An example is the fact that in most western countries the party that is right wing economically will also will be right wing with regard to moral issues. This is despite the fact that it is hard to see how whether or not the state should run the economy has much to do with whether abortion should be legal (to quote one example at random) and the fact that among the population this pairing of views is by no means universal.
So my question is how can the various events that led to the development of the western political system be reversed so that what we consider moral and social rightwing is paired with the economic left wing and visa versa. Could prehaps a larger involvement of the church in leftwing issues cause it to come about? And what effects might such an allignment have on the world.