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What do you think of the Political Compass as a tool?
155 sats \ 7 comments \ @kepford 26 Mar Politics_And_Law
Over the past few years I've noticed more people using the political compass to compare where different movements and people fall in comparison to each other.
For many years I have found the left / right evaluation of politics less and less useful. Mostly because it really doesn't account for authoritarianism and other factors such as economics. I'm not sure the political compass is great but it seems better to me.
Have you looked into it? Any issues you've found? Mostly curious what others think about it.
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395 sats \ 1 reply \ @kruw 27 Mar
I made one for Bitcoin lol.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 27 Mar
Ha!
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet 26 Mar
Yea, it's lost all meaning...
  • Today the "left" wants hot wars and impunity for big pharma while the "right" wants tariffs and union jobs.
  • Libertarians have started to figure out that authoritarianism is literally just a gun in that you either use it in self-defense or have it used against you.
A 2 dimensional framework can't map a 5GW battlespace.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford OP 26 Mar
I don't think its lost all meaning but I agree that it is far too simplistic to be useful.
Honestly, the two parties in the US are more alike than different but in recent years the divide has widened. Its still closer to the same than in many European counties.
I don't think the democratic socialists will take over the democrat party. Maybe I'm wrong but I see a more moderate party as the only option they have against Trump's party.
Trump is a populist. He is not ideological at all really, but he has people in his circle that are ideological and this time around its much more of the traditional old school right wing party vs. the prev time which was more neo-con.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 26 Mar
The parties are going to exist in a very different country next go around, there is no Democrat party right now, just a remnant blackmailed actors trying to stay out of jail or the funeral home
I think it's possible things start to look more European as that vacuum gets filled, as in more niche parties its going to be a different country too after election security is addressed. A renewed political compass map then may look like a Meyers-Briggs series of profiles rather than 2D.
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43 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 26 Mar
I don't really like it. Left/Right is too vague, and no one wants to admit to being an authoritarian.
I think dimensions that may be better at explaining current political divides are:
Nationalist <--> Globalist
Individualist <--> Communitarian
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 26 Mar
Hmm
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