Polititical compass
Polititical compass
Hares another thought I had.
We all know the political compass. The simple way to map all of politics in just two axis on a 2d plain. Reducing the fascinating complexity of society to just four sectors. With such unhelpful labels as "left" and "right". Here's my version. The "left-right" axis is replaced with class authority and "lib-auth" with state authority. Now If any lib-rights want to argue with me about the label I'm happy to do so.
The other thing I want to note is that, in my opinion, the lib-right and auth-left sectors are impossible. They represent ideas that do not match reality. because authority creates authority. By mapping class and state authority separately you can see that if you somehow manage to eliminate one but champion the other, the remaining will just form the other. Either by state bureaucrats becoming the privileged class, or the companies creating private militias and becoming states in all but name. That is what the black arrows represent: the tendency to move to a stable balance between the two authorities.
"They represent ideas that do not match reality" Unfortunately, that is not how democracy works. Idiots get to vote too, and so this does matter.
See the abortion debate for example. There's people at either side of the debate who think the other is just factually wrong. Not going into your opinion, this is just an example as to why you can't just throw people's opinion out in a democratic society. No matter how much you personally disagree
1idiots get to vote too, and so this does matter.
Yeah it does. That's why I'm bringing it up. To show that there exist these ideas in politics that just seem wrong. I'm attempting to educate.
Also that's not just how democracy works it's how society works. We each bring our ideas to the table and (the sensible ones) learn from each other so we can build a better world together. They have their ideas, i present mine.
I'm not throwing their opinion out. I'm adding mine. I do not think that my opinion is more valid (or invalid) than anyone else's.
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I don't quite get what class authority is
1A social class is a group of people with similar roles in society. In high class authority society one class has authority over another, whether it be the capitalist class or the political ruling class.
In this graph it's mainly just the capitalists as the political ruling class is represented by state authority.
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Recently had a similar epiphany. That despite being led to belive that communism and fascism are totally different, they strangely stink very similarly. It's authoritarian oppression, but with a different theme. The differences are marginal in any big picture scope, like how you'd treat such an entity (ignoring any previous or other relations).
-2It's a different lie. Fascists lie by claiming that their people are tho one true people who deserve everything. Communists lie by telling that they'll reach a better world. But the structure of society is the same. Do as I say or die.
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