06-02-2017, 08:50 AM
(06-01-2017, 05:29 PM)Dill Wrote: Libertarianism and anarchism don't fit neatly into one slot on a continuum because each can arise from right or left political ideologies. It is possible I think to place the US libertarian party on a party spectrum.
I think political squares with quadrants signify the content of political ideologies better than a line or a circle, but I haven't seen one I really like. This one is interesting:
![[Image: new-left-right-spectrum-people-2.png]](https://paulitics.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/new-left-right-spectrum-people-2.png)
The proximity of Bush to Hitler... I think 5 years ago someone (you?) shared this on mothership... the cry went up how dare you compare Bush to Hitler. So now the Bush boys are all libertarians, but their quadrant lacks names and includes a female - they have been insulted again! Perhaps even more this time. Also if libertarian appears inside and outside shouldn't authoritarian? Or should the bottom of the chart say anarchy?
The other proximity thing I liked was Benedict being more authoritarian than Castro. Valid.
Progressives are authoritarian? I guess Jeff Sessions would agree.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
