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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
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.
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Nope, I was just (not so seriously) complaining that conservative got stuck onto authoritarian, again, sigh.
Sure, I think a deference to authority is generally a more conservative trait, but if the authority you value is one that honors civil liberties, maybe like the Bill of Rights, well, it all just gets kind of muddled.
If we've got left and right labeled progressive and conservative, why not use entirely different terms for the other axis?
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