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If the average demographic of Lemmy users took a political compass test, what would it be? (lemm.ee)
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[โ€“] 13 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Any compas with only two axes is so flawed as to be actively harmful to discourse.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm afraid I'm only familiar with the 2-axis political compass: Left/Right and Auth/Lib.

    How many axes do you think there should be in an effective political chart, and what aspects of a political position should each one represent?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    To be robust, it needs a social axis distinct from the heirarcy / authority axis, a political status-quo-vs-reform axis, and a dedicated economic policy axis. So, at least four.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Do you know of a test that has these axes, or more? I would be very interested to take it if so, and I am inclined to agree with you about the political compass test and others like it - they dont capture the true complexity of most people's political views - I'm all over the place myself

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Each axis would give it a new dimension. One axis is just a line, two are a flat square, three would be a cube and adding a fourth one would literally make it 4d, which we cannot perceive with our eyes. It's one of the reasons it's so hard to accurately describe a person's politics using a chart, aside from the other methodological issues.

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