Political compass for the21st century

[Bill the Piper]

(10-24-2019, 04:50 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I don't get your placement of Lefebvre. I don't know much about him, but according to wikipedia:

"Henri Lefebvre (/ləˈfɛvrə/ lə-FEV-rə, French: [ɑ̃ʁi ləfɛvʁ]; 16 June 1901 – 29 June 1991) was a French Marxist philosopher and sociologist, best known for pioneering the critique of everyday life, for introducing the concepts of the right to the city and the production of social space, and for his work on dialectics, alienation, and criticism of Stalinism, existentialism, and structuralism. In his prolific career, Lefebvre wrote more than sixty books and three hundred articles"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Lefebvre

I didn't know this one, but my theocrat is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Lefebvre

Henri with his "Stalinism, existentialism and structuralism" would be a cross between Communism and Inclusivism.

Scandinavian countries would be near the centre, but slightly tilted in the same direction, somewhere closer to Corbyn than Einstein because of their emphasis on the working class and economic issues in general. Maybe Olaf Palme would be a good representative of this political tradition.

Quote:Reagan called himself accurately. He was a very extreme, right-wing conservative in all ways. If he is seen as more moderate now, it's only because the right-wing has become even more extreme.

Looking from a purely American POV it is true, because he conserved the "rugged capitalism" of the settlers of American frontier. But my compass attempts to take a broader view. In Britain, the title of extreme conservatives belongs to the High Tories who want to conserve some aspects of feudalism. A Romanian member of Personality Cafe pointed that East European conservatives prefer a more communitarian social order, in line with different ideals of Orthodoxy.

In general theocracy and capitalism don't blend well, the market results in constant changes which disrupt the "righteous" way of living favoured by theocrats. They can coexist, but not without tension. Capitalism is also Hollywood, and theocrats hate its frivolity.