Australian election update - Labor wins the election

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Kasz216 said:

And i feel comofrtabe with my statement that they are both very right of democrats... and have things that back me up.  People focus on the common things the US doesn't have, and ignore all the uniquely liberal and left things the US has.

Personal freedoms in general are just greater and more protected in the US.

The left-right scale is very much not clear on civil liberties. For example both communists (an extreme of the left) and the fascists (an extreme of the right) supress civil liberties in pursuit of their goals.

In purely economic terms, which is where left-right is more clear, Australia aims for greater equality (more socialism) and America for greater individuality (more capitalism). That puts Australia as a more leftist country than America in my opinion.

 

I think the political compass is bit of a joke personally, it simplifies data too much.