Peterson's 12 Rules For Life, have you heard of this?

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I'd say also, though, that I see it as a political ring, rather than a political axis. I don't think there's much difference between say Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany, in terms of liberty and quality of life. At the extremes, there is so little tolerance for opposing views that the concept of liberty is abandoned, and at the most extreme, it's "Believe or die," for example as it currently is in N. Korea.

Ah, so you believe in Horseshoe theory as well. I can certainly see two sides of the political debate being, underneath it all, disturbingly similar.

That said, your assumption that the axis metaphor doesn't hold up, I just don't see. At least, if you're not limiting yourself to a single axis.



I think this does a fairly decent job of demonstrating how two sides of a debate can end up being pretty similar.

And here's where I sit, for the record:


And I predict that if Jordan Peterson took this one, he'd probably end up in the top right (authoritarian right) quadrant. To be fair, so would all the major primary candidates of 2016 (except for Bernie Sanders):



Hell, all the countries in the EU are in that quadrant:

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Also, on the Jordan Peterson's religious beliefs question, The National Post asked him that question earlier this year and got an answer:

Q: Are you a Christian? Do you believe in God?
A: I think the proper response to that is No, but I’m afraid He might exist.

Sounds like a Belief in Belief more than anything else.