The political compass is a political defining
square, with four quadrants, with a questionnaire to identify you. As the political spectrum was quite unreflective of a lot of factors, they added a y/social axis to the current x/economic axis. A great example of why this is better than the plain old spectrum is France’
s National front. It is often dubbed as “the far right party of France”, however, a lot of its economic policies are further left than the
socialist party, so, it would give a lot more context to its beliefs. Authoritarianism tends to believe in
government control, while libertarianism tends to believe in less
government. Economic left tends to believe in spending more money and being open to progression, while conservatism tends to believe in cutting spending, and taking a cautious approach to progression. This has resulted in left wingers believing in equality and conservatism believing in hierarchy.
