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Title: Political Spectrum Post by: tyler on November 29, 2010, 09:15:36 PM Apparently, this is where out left-right political continuum comes from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_(France)
Title: Re: Political Spectrum Post by: grondilu on November 30, 2010, 12:11:08 AM Apparently, this is where out left-right political continuum comes from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_(France) Lol. I'm french and I thought that was common knowledge. But indeed I realise now that it is not obvious for non french people. Title: Re: Political Spectrum Post by: tyler on November 30, 2010, 12:13:21 AM Apparently, this is where out left-right political continuum comes from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_(France) Lol. I'm french and I thought that was common knowledge. But indeed I realise now that it is not obvious for non french people. It seems that according to the article, that anyone who is anti-statist is inherently left, which i find rather ironic Title: Re: Political Spectrum Post by: bober182 on November 30, 2010, 03:47:48 AM http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Title: Re: Political Spectrum Post by: MoonShadow on November 30, 2010, 07:05:04 AM Apparently, this is where out left-right political continuum comes from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_(France) Lol. I'm french and I thought that was common knowledge. But indeed I realise now that it is not obvious for non french people. It seems that according to the article, that anyone who is anti-statist is inherently left, which i find rather ironic Even more ironic is the idea that a political spectrum based upon the physical make-up of any national political body could reasonably represent anti-statists anywhere. Almost as ironic as hearing a political candidate refer to himself as an anarchist. Title: Re: Political Spectrum Post by: ribuck on November 30, 2010, 11:26:56 AM It seems that according to the article, that anyone who is anti-statist is inherently left, which i find rather ironic In the 1970s in Australia, the libertarian party tried to introduce a two-dimensional spectrum. They described themselves as "up-wing", but couldn't get the term to catch on. Title: Re: Political Spectrum Post by: caveden on November 30, 2010, 12:13:41 PM This is the Nolan chart you're talking about, isn't it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart
Title: Re: Political Spectrum Post by: ribuck on November 30, 2010, 12:56:45 PM This is the Nolan chart you're talking about, isn't it? Well no, because Nolan didn't use the term "up-wing". But maybe the 1970s libertarians got their idea from Nolan. |