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BFR said:
Pi, please try to follow my logic. In the USA, the Libertarian party does exist. However, the "Authoritarian party" does not. Looking at the OP in this very thread. Which party is supposed to be the "Authoritarian" one - Dems or Repubs ? ---------------------------------------- Edit: Are you telling me the word "Authoritarian" in that graph represents both parties ? |
Do you think North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) has some kind of relationship to the Democratic and Republican parties?
The words Democrat, Republican, Libertarian have political meanings that have nothing to do with the parties. They've existed long before either of them.
The words libertarian is centuries old. It's not some new fangled word.
Both US political parties are generally considered to be in the top right corner. More authoritarian than libertarian.
US Democrats are generally considered to be close to the middle. They're not an extremist party in any sense.
US Republicans are generally considered to be close to the top right corner of the entire chart.
US Libertarians would generally be near the bottom right corner.
Anarchists would likely be considered on the bottom left corner.
The political compass has absolutely nothing to do with US political parties.
The concept of the compass is potentially problematic. I think it's difficult to assign a singular score to anything as complex as political viewpoints. Two people could score similarly while having opposite viewpoints; they could just both swap left and right wing takes.
The test is also problematic, because you get questions like if you have a government should it be doing things that help people? You might answer that question completely differently from "do you want a government that helps people?" - because you don't want any government.
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