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This is not extreme left, it's center-left. The distinction is important, otherwise we'd reduce everything to communism and fascism.
by stefantalpalaru 11y ago
This is not extreme left, it's center-left. The distinction is important, otherwise we'd reduce everything to communism and fascism.
- swsieber 11y agoWhat's terrible is that we only put politicians on a single axis.
- stefantalpalaru 11y agoIt's in our nature to simplify things. Even using 2 axes like Political Compass is a simplification.
- nova 11y agoI used to like the Nolan chart too, but recently I've been thinking that even 2 axes is overfitting. Politics is so complicated that only a very simple model has predictive value, even with huge variance. I think a single axis order-disorder is the best we can do to talk in general terms.
- swsieber 11y agoIIRC at the convention that wrote the constitution there were about 5 axis involved. I can't remember what they were though. Any insight on it would be appreciated.