Polititical compass
Polititical compass
Hares another thought I had.
We all know the political compass. The simple way to map all of politics in just two axis on a 2d plain. Reducing the fascinating complexity of society to just four sectors. With such unhelpful labels as "left" and "right". Here's my version. The "left-right" axis is replaced with class authority and "lib-auth" with state authority. Now If any lib-rights want to argue with me about the label I'm happy to do so.
The other thing I want to note is that, in my opinion, the lib-right and auth-left sectors are impossible. They represent ideas that do not match reality. because authority creates authority. By mapping class and state authority separately you can see that if you somehow manage to eliminate one but champion the other, the remaining will just form the other. Either by state bureaucrats becoming the privileged class, or the companies creating private militias and becoming states in all but name. That is what the black arrows represent: the tendency to move to a stable balance between the two authorities.
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Recently had a similar epiphany. That despite being led to belive that communism and fascism are totally different, they strangely stink very similarly. It's authoritarian oppression, but with a different theme. The differences are marginal in any big picture scope, like how you'd treat such an entity (ignoring any previous or other relations).
It's a different lie. Fascists lie by claiming that their people are tho one true people who deserve everything. Communists lie by telling that they'll reach a better world. But the structure of society is the same. Do as I say or die.