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Liberal and Conservative Oversimplistic Labels?
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Liberal and Conservative Oversimplistic Labels?
I don't find liberal and conservative labels all the useful anymore just because of the social/economic divide. The double axis system works better for me:

[Image: bothaxes.gif]

Here's a representation of how modern politicians might fit on it:

[Image: internationalchart.png]

Or if you prefer the historical approach:

[Image: axeswithnames.gif]

I'm in the libertarian right near the axis:
[Image: 23x24.gif]

There's a fairly accurate quiz here:
Political Spectrum Quiz

And another one here:

Political Compass dot Org

Is this more useful? And where do you fit?
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Liberal and Conservative Oversimplistic Labels? - by Jenny A - July 6, 2014 at 5:42 pm

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