Frub@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoIf the average demographic of Lemmy users took a political compass test, what would it be?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down112
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareIf the average demographic of Lemmy users took a political compass test, what would it be?Frub@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year agoAny compas with only two axes is so flawed as to be actively harmful to discourse.
minus-squareFrub@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoBut I’m not commenting on the validity of it
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoBut I am, and I’m saying that thinking in these terms is actively harmful.
minus-squareBluesF@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoExcept an actual compas, of course. They really don’t need a third axis in most cases.
minus-squaregoddamnpipes@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year 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-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-squarewaterbogan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoStill better than having just one though
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.
Except an actual compas, of course. They really don’t need a third axis in most cases.
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.
Still better than having just one though