I just had a realization.
A 1-dimensional spectrum of politics puts people on a left-right spectrum.
A 2-dimensional spectrum of politics can put people on an authoritarian/libertarian spectrum.
A 3rd dimension that makes sense would put people on a spectrum of who your philosophy applies to: one end of the spectrum would be solely yourself, the far end of the spectrum would apply to the entire universe.
At first glance it may appear that the third dimension is totally applicable to the 2nd, but in fact it isn't, because the 2nd dimension only applies within the scope held by the 3rd.
Imagine a few examples:
A hermit is a far right religious extremist, and submits totally to the authority of religion and the church, but applies his political philosophy to only himself.
Amish folks are far right religious extremists, and within their community are extremely authoritarian, but their philosophy applies only to their commune and they don't care much for what's going on in the outside world.
You could have a classical liberal nationalist who believes that within his country the government should do almost nothing but has no opinion on how other countries should run.
You could even have a free man on the land/sovereign citizen who believes the government should have absolutely no authority whatsoever over himself, but doesn't care what the government does to anyone else.
A 1-dimensional spectrum of politics puts people on a left-right spectrum.
A 2-dimensional spectrum of politics can put people on an authoritarian/libertarian spectrum.
A 3rd dimension that makes sense would put people on a spectrum of who your philosophy applies to: one end of the spectrum would be solely yourself, the far end of the spectrum would apply to the entire universe.
At first glance it may appear that the third dimension is totally applicable to the 2nd, but in fact it isn't, because the 2nd dimension only applies within the scope held by the 3rd.
Imagine a few examples:
A hermit is a far right religious extremist, and submits totally to the authority of religion and the church, but applies his political philosophy to only himself.
Amish folks are far right religious extremists, and within their community are extremely authoritarian, but their philosophy applies only to their commune and they don't care much for what's going on in the outside world.
You could have a classical liberal nationalist who believes that within his country the government should do almost nothing but has no opinion on how other countries should run.
You could even have a free man on the land/sovereign citizen who believes the government should have absolutely no authority whatsoever over himself, but doesn't care what the government does to anyone else.
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