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MyshkinCommaPrince

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1. Political Compass?

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 05:32 PM

Feb 2013

I think this sort of thing may be why the Political Compass website works on a two-dimensional grid, with the authoritarian-libertarian axis and the more common liberal-conservative/left-right axis. I can see a point to their approach, but it doesn't seem to be a model which is widely applied.

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Modern Conservatism includes an extremist perversion of liberalism [View all] cthulu2016 Feb 2013 OP

Political Compass? MyshkinCommaPrince Feb 2013 #1

I see the axes as economics and liberty. cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #2

That is a better way to state it. MyshkinCommaPrince Feb 2013 #3

Liberalism BEGINS with the rights of the individual, but it doesn't END there... YoungDemCA Feb 2013 #4

I don't see Liberalism as any way authoritarian except in the sense of positive Liberty. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #5

I agree. As author I must have failed to communicate well. cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #6