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For the sake of discussion, "authoritarian" vs. "libertarian" is a useful concept. But that compass still uses the utterly useless 'left' and 'right' dimensions
by growingkittens 3y ago
For the sake of discussion, "authoritarian" vs. "libertarian" is a useful concept. But that compass still uses the utterly useless 'left' and 'right' dimensions.
- jupp0r 3y agoOne axis represents the economic and the other the social dimension. No ambiguity about left and right there. It's obviously only a model and people's actual political beliefs have more dimensions.
- growingkittens 3y agoThe words "left" and "right" can be used in an economic sense. In terms of actual political usage, the definition of left and right varies so wildly among individuals that it has no one understood meaning.