The Left and the Right

The mainstream has some impressive models, 

Arrow's Theorem explains why two poles rule,

Becker 'splains why democracy coddles,

Why competition is a clement tool.

We crits have our own insights to proffer,

We plumb the contradictions of both sides,

Plumb the mixed emotions both sides offer,

The incongruence that in both abides.

Left and right oft back the ethos of group,

But sometimes do exactly the reverse,

Structurally, both sides are messy goop,

That messiness is glor'ious and perverse.

In a crit vision of democracy,

Logic and illogic are both a key.