@Frub@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoIf the average demographic of Lemmy users took a political compass test, what would it be?message-square33fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down112
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareIf the average demographic of Lemmy users took a political compass test, what would it be?@Frub@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink8•2 years agoAny compas with only two axes is so flawed as to be actively harmful to discourse.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink5•2 years agoBut I am, and I’m saying that thinking in these terms is actively harmful.
minus-square@goddamnpipes@feddit.chlinkfedilink5•2 years agoI’m afraid I’m only familiar with the 2-axis political compass: Left/Right and Auth/Lib. How many axes do you think there should be in an effective political chart, and what aspects of a political position should each one represent?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink2•2 years agoTo be robust, it needs a social axis distinct from the heirarcy / authority axis, a political status-quo-vs-reform axis, and a dedicated economic policy axis. So, at least four.
minus-square@BluesF@feddit.uklinkfedilink5•2 years agoExcept an actual compas, of course. They really don’t need a third axis in most cases.
Any compas with only two axes is so flawed as to be actively harmful to discourse.
But I’m not commenting on the validity of it
But I am, and I’m saying that thinking in these terms is actively harmful.
I’m afraid I’m only familiar with the 2-axis political compass: Left/Right and Auth/Lib.
How many axes do you think there should be in an effective political chart, and what aspects of a political position should each one represent?
To be robust, it needs a social axis distinct from the heirarcy / authority axis, a political status-quo-vs-reform axis, and a dedicated economic policy axis. So, at least four.
Except an actual compas, of course. They really don’t need a third axis in most cases.