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To: DoodleBob

So top to bottom is amount of government control, but what’s the left-right axis? It’s just labeled ‘left’ and ‘right’, that tells you nothing about what’s being compared..?


44 posted on 12/23/2020 7:31:05 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: Svartalfiar; dayglored
The vertical axis is supposed to be the economic dimension, and the horizontal axis is the personal/social dimension. Right is free, left is control, up is control, down is free.

Thus, the traditional definitions of the quadrants, starting in the upper left and going clockwise, are statism, conservatism, libertarian, and liberalism.


45 posted on 12/23/2020 9:09:40 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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