What is your Political Compass?

[Nonnel]

dang that point's not even on the spectrum

that's pretty anarchistic

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[Char]

not all authoritarians want complete governmental control

...isn't that like, the definition of authoritarian? Or at least, near total control?

[Aoki²]

...isn't that like, the definition of authoritarian? Or at least, near total control?

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[Tonkka²]

...isn't that like, the definition of authoritarian? Or at least, near total control?

Yeah, and isn't anarchism the definition of libertarianism? Yes it is - it's the idea of lessening government control. One may believe that it means to start a revolution against the government, but no. The 11 year old "tuff guis" who spray paint the A logo and roosters on school walls are not anarchists, they're just stuffheads.

Only authoritarian extremists want complete control.

What's your point? are you trying to say that extremism isn't on that grid? Stalin is 1 point away from being closest to authoritarianism as possible, that means that there's still another level of "extremism".

[Char]

Only authoritarian extremists want complete control.

Isn't that totalitarianism? And authoritarian is just like... they have nearly all of the power?
forget, these terms are so close to being the same thing.

Yeah, and isn't anarchism the definition of libertarianism?

No? Libertarianism still has a form of government, but anarchy is no government... Unless you're trying to make some point against me and I'm completely missing it/

[Tonkka²]

Isn't that totalitarianism? And authoritarian is just like... they have nearly all of the power?
forget, these terms are so close to being the same thing.

No? Libertarianism still has a form of government, but anarchy is no government... Unless you're trying to make some point against me and I'm completely missing it/

Yeah you're right.

[Aoki²]

Yeah, and isn't anarchism the definition of libertarianism? Yes it is - it's the idea of lessening government control. One may believe that it means to start a revolution against the government, but no. The 11 year old "tuff guis" who spray paint the A logo and roosters on school walls are not anarchists, they're just stuffheads.
What's your point? are you trying to say that extremism isn't on that grid? Stalin is 1 point away from being closest to authoritarianism as possible, that means that there's still another level of "extremism".

The terms on the graph confused me; I thought everyone above the line was authoritarian.

[Daswiruch]

[Jim.]

Pretty even

[Tonkka²]

The terms on the graph confused me; I thought everyone above the line was authoritarian.

The idea of the grid is that the more closer you are to one of the sides, the more you are that political group.

The opposite ways of thinking are on opposite sides.

If you're above the line, you're more authoritarian than libertarian, and the more closer you are to the top, the more authoritarian than libertarian you are.

[The Magical Dunes]

The idea of the grid is that the more closer you are to one of the sides, the more you are that political group.

The opposite ways of thinking are on opposite sides.

If you're above the line, you're more authoritarian than libertarian, and the more closer you are to the top, the more authoritarian than libertarian you are.

I'd like to make the slight correction that the axes represent values rather than political parties. Also, communists are a little confusing here because their goal is the abolition of the state, but they may seek to achieve that through varying levels of government control.

[ZombieDude]

Pretty even

how the forget

[Aide33]

[Steemer]

More left than I thought.

I'm just going to point out that in Australia, the aptly named 'Liberal Party' (The one with the highly qualified Tony (Bologne) Abbot at it's helm) is actually the more conservative party.

Also, is there anyone who would put 5.2 down as agree or strongly agree, because if so I should go and start killing kittens.

[TacoTuesday]

We have the same political compass