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I think it's just the world we live in. The left and more liberal options exist but none of them are mainstream and we mentally re-draw the extents of the polit

by buro9 12y ago

I think it's just the world we live in. The left and more liberal options exist but none of them are mainstream and we mentally re-draw the extents of the political compass to cover the politics we experience (the major parties).

thomasfoster96 12y ago
Having had a look through political compass's past predictions (primarily Australian, since I'm Australian) their analysis is very odd. I mean, there is no way that you can seriously put three quarters of the parties on the top right 16th of the chart.
petercooper 12y ago
That should be how the political compass is drawn since it is based on human experience, no? I think that chart is crazy though. The Conservatives are far from a far right party. Christ, if you dropped the Conservatives in America, they'd be considered a right bunch of commies - even the Democrats would be off the scale to the right by that chart.
- masklinn 12y ago
  > That should be how the political compass is drawn since it is based on human experience, no? AFAIK, the political compass attempts to assess an absolute scale across world politics, not local choices.
  - thomasfoster96 12y ago
    Still a bit odd the concentration of western political parties in the right-wing authoritarian section of the graph - unless there's a whole lot of countries with extreme left-wing governments which are very pro-choice, which I highly doubt.
    - masklinn 12y ago
      > Still a bit odd the concentration of western political parties in the right-wing authoritarian section of the graph Dunno, if you consider that much of the anglosphere is patterning itself more and more after US politics which lives solely in the top-right corner of the top-right quadrant it makes sense that they would coalesce there. And "labour" parties have definitely been shifting their stances towards US dem inspiration.
      - thomasfoster96 12y ago
        I'd still say the UK and Australia are a fair way away from the American parties (particularly the republicans).
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by buro9 12y ago

thomasfoster96 12y ago

Having had a look through political compass's past predictions (primarily Australian, since I'm Australian) their analysis is very odd. I mean, there is no way that you can seriously put three quarters of the parties on the top right 16th of the chart.

petercooper 12y ago

That should be how the political compass is drawn since it is based on human experience, no? I think that chart is crazy though. The Conservatives are far from a far right party. Christ, if you dropped the Conservatives in America, they'd be considered a right bunch of commies - even the Democrats would be off the scale to the right by that chart.

masklinn 12y ago
> That should be how the political compass is drawn since it is based on human experience, no? AFAIK, the political compass attempts to assess an absolute scale across world politics, not local choices.
- thomasfoster96 12y ago
  Still a bit odd the concentration of western political parties in the right-wing authoritarian section of the graph - unless there's a whole lot of countries with extreme left-wing governments which are very pro-choice, which I highly doubt.
  - masklinn 12y ago
    > Still a bit odd the concentration of western political parties in the right-wing authoritarian section of the graph Dunno, if you consider that much of the anglosphere is patterning itself more and more after US politics which lives solely in the top-right corner of the top-right quadrant it makes sense that they would coalesce there. And "labour" parties have definitely been shifting their stances towards US dem inspiration.
    - thomasfoster96 12y ago
      I'd still say the UK and Australia are a fair way away from the American parties (particularly the republicans).
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