Australian election update - Labor wins the election

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Rath said:

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.

Political government control is on a scale Anarchism(Libertarian) little or no control to Fascism(Authoritarianism) complete control. Civil liberty and freedom comes at a cost of a more Authoritarian government.

Government Economic policy ranges from planned economy Communism on the left wing to a free market economy  Liberalism/neo-liberalism/ordo-liberalism on the right wing. The centre is referred to a social democracy.

Most western world countries are liberal/neo-liberal economies on the right wing. Australia's two main political parties both use liberal/neo-liberal economics but have different approaches in implementing their economic policies.