Political Compass

[OGPhilly]

I don't get it though Saz. You think the bottom left quadrant is fringe but you're in the top left quadrant hanging out with Mamoud Assad, Hugo Chavez, and Bob Mugabe.

[Sazari]

The difference is I'm only a block away from the exact political center, a few blocks away from western world leaders, and I'm ideologically similar to a number of viable parties in developed, democratic states.

Your ideology hasn't reared it's head since the end of colonialism, is at the opposite end of the spectrum from any viable democratic political party, and isn't close to the actual political center. In terms of politics people with ideologies such as you are simply less suited to participate honestly in a modern democratic political discourse. For reference, you are closer to a complete and total anarchist than I am to Assad, Mugabe or Chavez. You just lump them together because they are in the same colored box, ignoring the actual political distance between the two.

[The Dharma Bum]

[OGPhilly]

[Sazari]

It's not social conditioning anything. You guys are trying to make moral judgements instead of looking at what ideology is most suited for government. Yea Ghandi is a nice guy and so was Mandela, but that's not a strategy for government. They are only relevant in the context of fighting some great moral wrong, not for actually running a state. When you look at what political ideologies are the backbone of the worlds most successful states, they are all in the top right corner.

You guys look at the world as it should be, instead of as it is. And while that may make you feel good inside and everything, the chart clearly bears out it is not suited for a modern, democratic and productive state.

[OGPhilly]

[Sazari]

[JDHURF]

Successful is an incredibly subjective term. China's political economy is "successful" but that doesn't mean that it is desirable.

[OGPhilly]

[Sazari]