tooAlive
Silver Member
Lets begin by showcasing the incorrect political spectrum and why it is broken. (Special thanks to Hazlnut for the image )
If we look closely at this chart we will notice that both the Right and Authoritarian vertices are sub-labled as "(conservative)."
This of course would effectively make the upper-right quadrant of the chart self-contradicting, as any form of authoritarianism cannot coexist with libertarianism. Simply put, they are polar opposites. Thus rendering this chart broken and useless.
A much simpler and accurate way of describing a political spectrum would be by government control, with each extremity of the spectrum being polar opposites to each other. Like SniperFire put it;
So lets start off by identifying forms of government and list them according to the level of control they possess.
So if we were to make a political spectrum classifying ideologies into this format, we'd have something along the lines of this:
Sources: Political "Left" and "Right" Accurately Defined
An Objective Political Spectrum: 100% Pro-Choice Means 100% Moral Government - Forbes
And now with pictures.
This is the most accurate way of representing each political leaning's current ideology.
If we look closely at this chart we will notice that both the Right and Authoritarian vertices are sub-labled as "(conservative)."
This of course would effectively make the upper-right quadrant of the chart self-contradicting, as any form of authoritarianism cannot coexist with libertarianism. Simply put, they are polar opposites. Thus rendering this chart broken and useless.
A much simpler and accurate way of describing a political spectrum would be by government control, with each extremity of the spectrum being polar opposites to each other. Like SniperFire put it;
The only way it really works is to apply a binary scale to it and measure the call for relative government control / dominance / force over the populations.
So lets start off by identifying forms of government and list them according to the level of control they possess.
So if we were to make a political spectrum classifying ideologies into this format, we'd have something along the lines of this:
Sources: Political "Left" and "Right" Accurately Defined
An Objective Political Spectrum: 100% Pro-Choice Means 100% Moral Government - Forbes
And now with pictures.
This is the most accurate way of representing each political leaning's current ideology.
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