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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My score right now <SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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<H2 style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif">Economic Left/Right: -7.00<BR>Social
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.36</H2>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"><FONT size=2>Eric the
Green</FONT></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=eric@philosopherswheel.com
href="mailto:eric@philosopherswheel.com">Eric A. Meece</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=gplac-forum@cagreens.org
href="mailto:gplac-forum@cagreens.org">gplac-forum@cagreens.org</A> ; <A
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<A title=gpbc@googlegroups.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:35
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GPSCC-chat] 3D Politics -
'Political Compass' and Beyond</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is an excellent view of politics. Just
remember though this is a European view, so the terms are a bit different than
the similar model put out by the Libertarian Party of America. "Libertarian"
(bottom of the chart here) here applies only to the liberal social or
civil-libertarian aspect of the Libertarian ideology. Libertarian economics
(i.e. classical liberal, social darwinist) is equal to "right" on this chart,
and socialism is "left." That's why Greens are always in the lower left
quadrant, and typical conservatives (which for them includes typical Democrats
in America, the blue dots) are in the upper right. Libertarians in America,
which are placed at the top of the Libertarian grid, are in the lower right in
this chart; statists are in the upper left. The top of the chart here called
"authoritarian" represents social conservatives and Nazis (right-wing
statists).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric the Green</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=alexcathy@aol.com
href="mailto:alexcathy@aol.com">alexcathy@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=gplac-forum@cagreens.org
href="mailto:gplac-forum@cagreens.org">gplac-forum@cagreens.org</A> ; <A
title=sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org
href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org">sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org</A>
; <A title=gpbc@googlegroups.com
href="mailto:gpbc@googlegroups.com">gpbc@googlegroups.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 29, 2011 11:27
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [GPSCC-chat] 3D Politics -
'Political Compass' and Beyond</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial color=black size=2><FONT face=arial
color=black size=2>Dear Green Friends, <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.opednews.com/author/author8711.html">Scott McLarty</A>,
Green Party U.S. Media Coordinator, posted a Facebook link to an interactive
web site known as <A href="http://www.politicalcompass.org/"><B>Political
Compass</B></A>. According to Scott, the site returned these scores based on
his reply to a battery of multiple choice questions: "Economic Left/Right:
-7.12; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.05, which places me in the lower
left corner of the chart (slightly more libertarian than left)." <BR><BR>I
was not surprised Scott's results were similar to mine. People at <A
href="http://www.politicalcompass.org/"><B>Political Compass</B></A>
strongly believe the old one-dimensional "Left vs Right" model for
describing political parties is obsolete. They believe the model should
include a "Libertarian vs. Authoritarian" dimension with four quarants for
"Libertarian Left", "Libertarian Right", "Authoritarian Left", and
"Authoritarian Right." Hence, the depiction of the 2008 presidential
candidates posted on the <A
href="http://www.tressugar.com/Where-Im-Clicking-Now-Political-Compass-1599201">TrèsSugar
Web Site</A>. <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.tressugar.com/Where-Im-Clicking-Now-Political-Compass-1599201"><IMG
alt=2D src="http://alexcathy.com/images_greening/political_compass_2.png"
width=300 border=0> </A><BR><BR>I agree. Indeed, I'd go further for two
reasons. <BR><BR>First, the conflict between so-called conservative
Republicans and so-called liberal Democrats in the U.S. doesn't even make
sense along the old "Left-Right" dimension, since both are clustered in the
"Authoritarian Right" quadrant. The only difference is demagoguery.
Republicans use Big Government authoritarianism supposedly to serve
hard-working, taxpaying, Christian "Whites" in "middle-class" neighborhoods.
Democrats use Big Government authoritarianism supposedly to serve that 70%
of Californians labeled "minorities" including, allegedly lazy,
welfare-dependent, savage "Blacks" like my family and me in the "ghetto."
<BR><BR>Second, I am convinced the growing conflict between stand patters
for "Gray" industry and innovators for "Green" industry constitutes a third
dimension. And it's along this third dimension where the great 21st Century
political struggles are forming. <BR><BR><IMG alt=3D
src="http://alexcathy.com/images_greening/political_compass_3.jpg"
width='="300px"' border=0> <BR><BR>The irrelevance and divisiveness of the
phony debate between so-called conservative Republicans and so-called
liberal Democrats is why I plead for Greens, Libertarians, and all other
serious independents to quit propping up the One-Party-With-2-Names by
framing our dissent with old clichés, slogans, and stereotypes. <BR><BR>Read
more to see the "Political Compass" test prologue. Check it out, take the
test, then post a comment on my blog at <EM>California Greening:</EM>
<BR><BR><A
href="http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2011/08/3d-politics-political-compass-and.html">http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2011/08/3d-politics-political-compass-and.html
</A><BR><A href="http://tinyurl.com/3t6pze4">http://tinyurl.com/3t6pze4
</A><BR><BR>
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