For me personally, I don’t like the classic political compass.
Firstly I don’t like putting politics into left and right. Because what is even left and right? These terms are vague, and you are going to get as many definitions as there are ideologies who legitimize them. For instance, if you define leftism by how big the beatling is, then non-hierarchical societal structures isn’t even in the compass.
Traditionally social democracy is placed on the libertarian side of the political compass, but this ignores how libertarianism is used as a way of arguing for minimal or no-beatling.
I view the compass as a way of normalizing centrism and liberalism, making “fiscially conservative and socially liberal” a thing.
The classic political compass gives us a false impression of nuance and misleads away from understanding.
That is not to say that we shouldn’t have a political compass, but that we need clear understanding of the concepts it relies on.
If you disagree, you can explain why you disagree, and perhaps give another suggestion.
To mock without argumentation is just immature.
The original political compass.
(For an obvious one).
For me personally, I don’t like the classic political compass.
Firstly I don’t like putting politics into left and right. Because what is even left and right? These terms are vague, and you are going to get as many definitions as there are ideologies who legitimize them. For instance, if you define leftism by how big the beatling is, then non-hierarchical societal structures isn’t even in the compass.
Traditionally social democracy is placed on the libertarian side of the political compass, but this ignores how libertarianism is used as a way of arguing for minimal or no-beatling.
I view the compass as a way of normalizing centrism and liberalism, making “fiscially conservative and socially liberal” a thing.
The classic political compass gives us a false impression of nuance and misleads away from understanding.
That is not to say that we shouldn’t have a political compass, but that we need clear understanding of the concepts it relies on.
I second that