Re:Is Trump mulling Peter Thiel for a top intelligence advis...
by KGIII on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:19AM
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Yeah, but sometimes we have to reduce things to a more simple nature as things must be optimized for brevity and attention span.
It really is a broad spectrum and it's quite possible to have both authoritarian ideals in one category while having libertarian values in a different category.
I do favor the simplicity of the political compass with four points. It has a specific name but I can't think of it at the moment. It is simplistic, and reductionist, but it is handy enough for a forum post and adequate for generalized conversations.
But, as you suggest, it's much more complicated than that. We humans really do like putting things into boxes, or so it seems.
It really is a broad spectrum and it's quite possible to have both authoritarian ideals in one category while having libertarian values in a different category.
I do favor the simplicity of the political compass with four points. It has a specific name but I can't think of it at the moment. It is simplistic, and reductionist, but it is handy enough for a forum post and adequate for generalized conversations.
But, as you suggest, it's much more complicated than that. We humans really do like putting things into boxes, or so it seems.