Picoblog Question – 2016 – Post #57
Per the Plus-Sign Model (2D political-definitions model), is the November 2016 election shaping up to be a horizontal election or a vertical one?
My two cents, but please share yours:
A vertical one.
Please recall:
The vertical and horizontal scales of the 2D political-definitions model are visualized as a “plus” sign and tagged as follows.
- Libertarians at north
- Totalitarians at south
- Centrists at the origin
- Conservatives at east
- Liberals at west
The endpoints are labelled as follows.
- Northern tip as “100% Total Freedom (Anarchy)”
- Southern tip as “0% Total Freedom (Slavery)”
- Eastern tip as “100% Economic Freedom”
- Western tip as “100% Social/Personal Freedom”
Note 1: For the 2D model, Progressives are Totalitarians, not Liberals. Progressives and Liberals are only synonymous for the 1D (left-center-right) model.
Note 2: Total Freedom = Social/Personal Freedom + Economic Freedom
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