Because the paradigm of most political compasses go with economic liberalism on the right economic authoritarianism on the left, social authoritarianism at the top social liberalism at the bottom.
Official Political Compass Thread
lake
#508
I get that, I just donāt think civil asset forfeiture should be considered an economic issue is all
lake
#510
I donāt think private property is inherently an economic issue, the right to own a gun or a knife or certain vehicles certainly isnt an economic issue
anon45184480
#512
The difference is that a gun/knife is personal property and canāt really be socialised in the same way private property can. Private property is both an economic and social issue, as restricting private property is quite authoritative, and socialising/privatising it is obviously an economic issue, and those usually go hand-in-hand in regards to private property. So private property is as much an inherent economic issue as it is a social issue.
josho
#514
https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2?ec=-1.5&soc=-6.26
Economic Left/Right: -1.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.26
So green without the ridiculous economics I guessā¦
anon16397839
#517
I vote Lib Dem but itās down to your personal preference and who you prefer.
Locally I tend to think twice about who Iād vote for but 9 times out of 10 Iād vote for my local independent candidate who is the only one on the council who gets shit done.
Sharpandquic
#518
Random Question: what do you think about the idea of direct democracy where there are still government representatives, but the general public votes on bills?
LiberalBrit
#523
My Spekr estimation is pretty much the same as the other compass test I did. I think this is confirmation that I am most certainly on the left of the spectrum.
