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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
I think where I was going there was that it seems that on the linear spectrum that individual rights weigh less than economics. Well, it doesn't seem that way, it does take more into account economic worldview than it does individual rights. Although, I would make the argument that the closer you get to center, the more individual rights plays a part because in a Marxist worldview there are no individuals, just a collective class.
The linear model doesn't really cover all the bases though. It's just the more accepted of all of them and worked best for me in this argument, where my point was that Obama is a liberal therefore would be better cast as a Marxist than a fascist.
I like this model though, although it excludes Marxism as Marxism can't be achieved unless all states decide to do away with government:
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I like it better too because it addresses the problem I had with the placement of totalitarianism. ETA: although the more I look at it, there are annoying labels as well. Can you guess what they are? Particularly if you look at politics in the US? Why would we even need to give two labels to the vertical axis? Why aren't simply libertarian and authoritative accurate?
I wonder why we even mention the one axis spectrum anymore. Is it the difference placing whole states rather than individual inclinations?