tooAlive
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Lets begin by showcasing the incorrect political spectrum and why it is broken. (Special thanks to Hazlnut for the image
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If we look closely at this chart we will notice that both the Right and Authoritarian vertices are sub-labled as "(conservative)."
This of course would effectively make the upper-right quadrant of the chart self-contradicting, as any form of authoritarianism cannot coexist with libertarianism. Simply put, they are polar opposites. Thus rendering this chart broken and useless.
A much simpler and accurate way of describing a political spectrum would be by government control, with each extremity of the spectrum being polar opposites to each other. Like SniperFire put it;
So lets start off by identifying forms of government and list them according to the level of control they possess.
So if we were to make a political spectrum classifying ideologies into this format, we'd have something along the lines of this:
Sources: Political "Left" and "Right" Accurately Defined
An Objective Political Spectrum: 100% Pro-Choice Means 100% Moral Government - Forbes
And now with pictures.
This is the most accurate way of representing each political leaning's current ideology.![eusa_angel :eusa_angel: :eusa_angel:](/styles/smilies/eusa_angel.gif)
![eusa_clap :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:](/styles/smilies/eusa_clap.gif)
![766px-European-political-spectrum.png](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F3%2F36%2FEuropean-political-spectrum.png%2F766px-European-political-spectrum.png&hash=4f11720b3407e0cfa6ce5c8f9367e6f7)
If we look closely at this chart we will notice that both the Right and Authoritarian vertices are sub-labled as "(conservative)."
This of course would effectively make the upper-right quadrant of the chart self-contradicting, as any form of authoritarianism cannot coexist with libertarianism. Simply put, they are polar opposites. Thus rendering this chart broken and useless.
A much simpler and accurate way of describing a political spectrum would be by government control, with each extremity of the spectrum being polar opposites to each other. Like SniperFire put it;
The only way it really works is to apply a binary scale to it and measure the call for relative government control / dominance / force over the populations.
So lets start off by identifying forms of government and list them according to the level of control they possess.
So if we were to make a political spectrum classifying ideologies into this format, we'd have something along the lines of this:
![image001.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Frichardsalsman%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F08%2Fimage001.jpg&hash=34705cb9ac165144183acbf5b55058b5)
Sources: Political "Left" and "Right" Accurately Defined
An Objective Political Spectrum: 100% Pro-Choice Means 100% Moral Government - Forbes
And now with pictures.
![political_spectrum_left_right_wing1.gif](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fchristianworldview.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2Fpolitical_spectrum_left_right_wing1.gif&hash=9e9b95a48df9173c0956aff460058bc8)
This is the most accurate way of representing each political leaning's current ideology.
![eusa_angel :eusa_angel: :eusa_angel:](/styles/smilies/eusa_angel.gif)
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