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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
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?
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Are you talking about Christian Democracy, for one, and its proximity towards an Authoritarian regime?
The linear model is the #1 most popular model because it's pretty black and white (until you get into the meat of the argument, which we did here), so its the one most likely to be seen in undergrad level IR classes. I studied a couple of the other models in grad school but for whatever reason it all comes back to the linear model.