I was thinking about politics these days how everything is left or right, Democrat or Republican. I was really thinking that two parties are really not enough. I was never able to put on my finger why I thought that though. Then I found The Political Compass. All the pictures I’m about to put forth are from them. Also, mind you that this was made in Great Brittan. So there’s an International flare to some of this stuff.
First things first. In the United States there’s Left and Right. But there are two major classifications of Issues Economic (Taxes, Funding, Spending, Big vs. Small Government) and Social (Equal Rights, Abortion, Moral Issues, Religion). However to be a “Republican” you have to be right of average on both issues. To be a “Democrat” you apparently have to be left on both types of issues. But that’s in a American perspective, in a world wide perspective, Democrats are right on both issues most of the time as well. What if there’s someone like me who’s Right on one and Left on the other? Where do I fall? Oh independent, of course. It’s really that we need Four parties. We may see that being created over the next couple of years/decades/centuries.
Here’s how The Political Compass works: continue reading…