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It's a fundamental flaw in the axes, though. There is no such thing as "lib-left," because the left economic wing is fundamentally authoritarian. You cannot hav
by ralusek 5y ago
It's a fundamental flaw in the axes, though. There is no such thing as "lib-left," because the left economic wing is fundamentally authoritarian. You cannot have arbitrary distribution of resources without authoritarianism. The only way to make any sense of the political compass is to say that the vertical axis is authoritarian vs libertarian, and the left/right is egalitarian distribution (still authoritarian) vs libertarian (free markets). So the only true liberal/libertarian position is LibRight, but we accept LibLeft as "anti-authoritarian" because, while they're economically authoritarian, we've agreed to peel that off onto an independent axis.
- toiletfuneral 5y agoWhat’s economically authoritarian about workers democratically controlling more of their production? A bunch of lazy coke heads at banks chopping up and selling companies to squeeze out a few more dollars seems to be a much larger concentration of actual economic power than any trade union