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In The Deadly Isms, Matt Kibbe explains how the political spectrum doesn't go from left to right, it goes from top to bottom. Here is his political spectrum, with some definitions attached.
The closer you look at the political spectrum that we’re all taught, the less sense it makes. Communists on the far left, Nazi fascists on the extreme right—on that scale, it seems like being a “centrist” is merely splitting the difference between different ways to dehumanize people.
It’s a two party system, right? If you don’t support the Republicans, you’re helping the Democrats, and vice versa. On the more extreme ends of the spectrum, you’re either a communist or a fascist. But what if you’re not a communist or a fascist?
The worst tragedies in human history have come about because one person thought he could know enough to make plans for everyone else. It turns out that none of us knows as much as all of us. Matt Kibbe breaks it down in The Deadly Isms, Episode 4.
Contrary to popular belief, the political spectrum doesn't go from left to right, it goes from top to bottom. At the bottom are all the authoritarian forms of government, including fascism, socialism, and communism. As we move upwards, we approach liberty, voluntary cooperation, and...