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soldierant

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23. All political systems have economic sides. that is why the graph has two axes.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 05:20 PM
Aug 2025

Separating them is a better way of looking at it because any random person's values can fall anywhere (granted the upper right and lower left are more easily filled, the upper left and lower right are not empty.) I believe if more people had learned to view the spectrum this way, we would have won the 2024 election.

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Commie/Socialist twist? Cirsium Aug 2025 #14
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No Cirsium Aug 2025 #20
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Communism is an economic theory - soldierant Aug 2025 #13
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All political systems have economic sides. that is why the graph has two axes. soldierant Aug 2025 #23
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But Republicans have demonized the words doc03 Aug 2025 #3
This is an important point. SalviaBlue Aug 2025 #9
They don't have the slightest... littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 #12
Exactly doc03 Aug 2025 #22
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Back in, back in DoBW Aug 2025 #19
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Trumpism. nt Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #15
But, NOW... BurnDoubt Aug 2025 #11
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